Inscription from the tomb of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
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Marble bust of Caligula at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
1st Jan 2012✧17:0699 notes
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Perseus holding the head of Medusa, fresco, (?)50-79 CE; Villa San Marco, Stabiae, Italy
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The General Principles of Greek Art
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Marble torso at the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome via Byzigenous Buddhapalian
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Barbarian prince on the Ara Pacis Augustae, 13-9 BCE, marble Recommended reading: Pledges of Empire: The Ara Pacis and the Donations of Rome Primary sources, such as Suetonius in his biography of Augustus in Lives of the Twelve Caesars and Augustus’ Res Gestae (32), refer to the act of the emperor taking in the children of foreign kings as pledges of the empire. 
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Mosaic from the Baths of Neptune at Ostia, mid-second century CE
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Ludovisi Gaul, Roman copy of Greek original of c. 230 BCE, marble; 83 in. (h); Palazzo Altemps, Rome
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Aphrodite from Kyrene, c. 310 BCE
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Detail of cuirass of Augustus of Prima Porta, early 1st century, Carrara marble, 6 ft. 8 in. H. (complete), Musei Vaticani, Vatican City Interpretation of the Breastplate
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Gandharan sculpture of Bodhisattva from Kushan Period, late 2nd century, gray schist, 52-1/8 in. (height). The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Sculpture of Antinous, marble, first half of 2nd century CE
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Roman marble statue of the Diadoumenos, copy of a work attributed to Polykleitos, 1st-2nd century CE, 67-1/4 in. (height) Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Roman marble torso of a youth, c. 118-161 CE, 33 in. (height) Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Greek Silver Helmet, 4th century BCE, 9-1/2 x 7-1/8 in. (height x width). Detroit Institute of Arts
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Opaque  by  andbamnan