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Head of Emperor Augustus

Head of Emperor Augustus





Artist : Anonymous


Date : approx. between 27 B.C. and 14

Material : Marble
Item 9 on 23
Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
Sculpture

Area related
Ephesus (Turkey)

Description   

On his visit to Ephesus in 29 B.C., Emperor August permitted the construction of Dea Roma and Divius Julius Caesar Temples on the Eastern Prytaneion. Against its competitors Pargamon and Smyrna, Ephesus maintained its respectalility as Neocoros for a long time during the years of below listed emperors :
Domitianus (81/96)
Hadrianus (117/138)
Caracalla - Geta (211/212)
Elagabalus (212/222).

Head of Emperor Augustus
Anonyme
Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus (Auguste)