Colossal marble head of the emperor Augustus, ca. 14–30

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Colossal marble head of the emperor Augustus, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, ca. 14–30, Roman, Marble, Overall: 17 7/8 x 15 in. ( x cm), Stone Sculpture, In 30 , Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, grandnephew and heir to Julius Caesar, became master of the empire that Rome had amassed over the previous three centuries. Over the next forty-four years, he introduced institutions and an ideology that combined the traditions of republican Rome with the reality of kingship

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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