 Another group of the "Silvae" give picturesque descriptions of the villas, gardens, and artworks of the poet's friends.In these we have a more vivid representation than elsewhere of the surroundings Roman aristocrats of the empire lived in the country.Important examples include a piece on Pollius' temple to Hercules (3.1), the aetiology of the tree at Atedius' villa (2.3), an antique statue of Lysippus' Heracles (4.6) and a description of Pollius' villa at Surrentum (2.2).