Pillar of the Boatmen "(publice posierunt)" by the guild of sailors of Lutetia, from the "civitas" of the Parisii "(nautae Parisiaci)". These sailors would have been merchants who travelled along the Seine. The main dedication is to Jupiter in the form of "Iovis Optimus Maximus" ("Jove Best and Greatest"). The names of the emperor and the supreme deity appear in the dative case as the recipients of the dedication. The remaining theonyms are nominative legends that accompany individual depictions of the gods. These are (in the order they appear below) Jove, Tarvos Trigaranos (the Bull with three Cranes), Volcanus (Vulcan), Esus, Cernunnos, Castor, Smertrios,
LaVyrle Spencer novel, which was published in 1979. "The Fulfillment" was very different from the historical romance "bodice-rippers" which were popular at the time. Unlike the other novels, Spencer's debut work did not include any grand adventures, and featured a "nice man" instead of a more overbearing hero. Spencer's second novel, "Hummingbird", was rejected by her editor at Avon and also by another editor at Jove, although Jove later published the novel in 1983. Both publishing companies faulted the book for having too much humor and for being too narrow in scope, as the bulk of the book was set within a