Among the most interesting features of this Athena is the 74.5-inch-tall statue’s hodgepodge provenance. Its head came from a sculpture carved during the time of the Roman emperor Augustus (31 B ...

By the time Augustus came ... of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had become emperor, a mutiny broke ...

Ovid’s playful poetry made him a favorite among Rome’s elite, but angered Emperor Augustus. Just as he was ... A good start in life Like many Roman writers, Ovid was born outside Rome, to ...

Turns out, the statue was composed of diverse parts: its head was created during the reign of Augustus around 31 ... busts of Roman emperors, and statues of deities—most, like the Halsted ...

The Halsted Athena, Roman, first half of the 1st century ... The head, carved during the reign of Emperor Augustus (31 BC-14 CE), has been joined with a body dating to the time of Emperor Claudius ...

This is the Emperor Augustus. He has recently ... part of Rome - and then turned the Roman Republic into his personal empire. Across that empire, statues of the new ruler would now be erected.

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman ... that the statue is an amalgam of two sculptures from different eras—the head from one made during the reign of Augustus (31BCE ...

The forgotten statue of Nero at the Isthmus of Corinth is a relic of the time the Roman emperor granted freedom to a part of ancient Greece.

This is the Emperor Augustus. He has recently ... part of Rome - and then turned the Roman Republic into his personal empire. Across that empire, statues of the new ruler would now be erected.