Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...
a few enemies. Likely a citizen of the ancient Roman-era city of Odessos, his likeness was immortalized with a statue sometime around the 2 nd or 3 rd centuries A.D. But the stone depiction of ...
Experts date the statue’s origin to the late 2 nd or early 3 rd century A.D. Other than the snapped-off right hand and some wear around the face, the Roman-dressed statue is considered in tip ...
The statue, slightly taller than a human, according to the post, was found in Varna, the ancient city Odessa, and displayed a middle-aged man with a short beard, dressed in a Roman toga and ...
“Of all the works of antiquity that escaped destruction,” German archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann once said of the Apollo Belvedere, a beloved sculpture from the ...
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have identified an “exceptionally well-preserved” marble statue of a Roman man that was uncovered during construction in the city of Varna, once known as the ancient ...