Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages 1132-1136 (November 2011) “The city of Hepar”: Rituals, gastronomy, and politics at the origins of the modern names for the liver  Michele Augusto Riva, Enrica Riva, Mauro Spicci, Mario Strazzabosco, Marcello Giovannini, Giancarlo Cesana  Journal of Hepatology  Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages 1132-1136 (November 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.011 Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Etruscan bronze model of the liver (ca. second-first century B.C.). Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza, Italy. Journal of Hepatology 2011 55, 1132-1136DOI: (10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.011) Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 The legendary fig tree “Ficus Ruminalis” can be seen behind the she-wolf suckling twin infants. In: “Romulus and Remus” (1615–1616), Peter Paul Rubens, Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome, Italy. Journal of Hepatology 2011 55, 1132-1136DOI: (10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.011) Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Journal of Hepatology 2011 55, 1132-1136DOI: (10. 1016/j. jhep. 2011 Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Journal of Hepatology 2011 55, 1132-1136DOI: (10. 1016/j. jhep. 2011 Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions