Images

Portrait of Roman Emperor Alexander Severus (reign: 222 – 235 CE), from Ostia Antica. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

A marble head of Roman Emperor Commodus, c. 191-192 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

Marble head of Roman Emperor Philip the Arab, from Rome, 244-249 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

A 3rd century CE marble bust of Roman Emperor Caracalla (reign: 209 – 211 CE). (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen).

Bust of Roman Emperor Domitian (reign: 81 – 96 CE). This portrait type was created on the occasion of Domitian's accession to power. (Altes Museum Berlin)

A portrait of Roman Emperor Titus (reign: 79 – 81), c. 80 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

A portrait of Cato the Younger (95 BCE - 46 BCE), a politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, and a follower of the Stoic philosophy. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

The General Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236–183 BC), original from the Tomb of the Scipiones, end of the 2nd century BCE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

The so-called bust of Sulla (c. 138 BCE – 78 BCE), a Roman general and statesman. Augustan copy of an original of the late 2nd century BCE. (Glyptothek, Munich)

Head of Gallienus from a colossal statue, found near the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, c. 253-268 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)