'Roma - Portico of Octavia', 1910. A small ruin of a grand quadrangular portico erected by Augustus emperor and dedicated to his sister Octavia. The Porticus Octaviae is an ancient structure in Rome. built by Augustus in the name of his sister, Octavia Minor, sometime after 27 BC, in place of the Porticus Metelli. From Cento Vedute Classiche di Roma. [Enrico Verdesi, Rome, 1910]