Discovered in 1732 during works on the Lateran Basilica in Rome, the “Sedia Corsini” is a marble work dating from the First Century BCE which imitates the cylindrical base and broad, curved backrest form typical of Etruscan thrones. Such ceremonial chairs have a long history, first appearing in princely tombs from the Orientalising period in the late-Eighth Century BCE and remaining in use in the aristocratic residences of Central Italy up until the Republican era. The richly-decorated relief-work includes scenes of battle, hunting, athletics contests and religious rituals, and is also in the style of Archaic and Classical-era Etruscan art. More specifically, it is reminiscent of the iconographical repertoire used in situla decorations, which flourished between the end of the Seventh Century and the Fourth Century BCE in the cultural centres of the Adriatic Veneti of Caput Adriae, such as Este and Padua. Some of the figures in the military parade are Celtic warriors resembling those who settled at Felsina, modern-day Bologna, around 400 BCE. The “Sedia Corsini” offers a broad overview of the long history of the family – probably of Etruscan origins – for whom it was conceived in the late-Republican era, as described in the exemplary study carried out by Mario Torelli in 1990.