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Bust of Pythagoras
Bust of Pythagoras of Samos, display in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.

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Roman Emperor Nero
Bust of Nero at the Capitoline Museum, Rome.

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The Infant Hercules
A 2nd century CE Roman sculpture depicting the infant Hercules strangling the snake put into his cradle by Hera jealous of her husband Zeus' infidelity with Alkmene which produced Hercules. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).

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Macrinus (Artistic Facial Reconstruction)
A photorealistic representation of what the Roman emperor Macrinus (r. 217-218 CE) may have looked like. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence. Pictured alongside the reconstruction...

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Septimius Severus (Artistic Facial Reconstruction)
A photorealistic artistic reconstruction of what the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211 CE) may have looked like. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence. Pictured alongside...

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Constantine I
The colossal bronze head from a statue of Constantine I, 4th century CE. The head is 1.77 m high. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).

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Commodus As Hercules
A marble bust of Roman emperor Commodus as the hero of Greek mythology Hercules, c. 190-2 CE. (The Capitoline Museums, Rome)

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Roman Sarcophagus (Detail)
A detail from a Roman sarcophagus in Procennesian marble depicting the Calydonian boar hunt from Greek mythology. The Greek hero Meleager attacks the boar with his spear while Artemis looks on. Provenance: Vicovaro, date unknown. (Capitoline...

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Eros Stringing His Bow
Marble statue of Eros stringing his bow. This statue is a 2nd-century CE Roman copy after a 4th-century BCE Greek original by Lysippos (Capitoline Museums, Rome).

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Brutus
A bronze portrait head (modern bust) widely known as Brutus but with no evidence it is that figure. It is now considered to be of Etruscan manufacture c. 300 BCE. (Capitoline Museums, Rome)