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Praxiteles is known best for the beautiful statue of Hermes and the infant Dionysus .

Lysippos, his acknowledge masterpiece is apoxyomenos.

 

  Lacoon and his sons .

The Nike of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is estimated to have been created around 190 BC. It was created to not only honor the goddess, Nike, but to honor a sea battle. It conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery through its features which the Greeks considered ideal beauty.

The statue depicts a dying Celt with remarkable realism, particularly in the face, and may have been painted. He is represented as a Gallic warrior with a typically Gallic hairstyle and moustache. The figure is nude save for a neck torc. He lies on his fallen

 

shield while his sword and other objects lie beside him.

Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. sculpture. Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite Aphrodite, , the Greek goddess of love and beauty (Venus (Venus to the Romans Romans). ). It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. The arms and original plinth were lost following the discovery. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; Antioch; earlier, it was mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles. Praxiteles . It is currently on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Julius Caesar was a great statesman and a brilliant military leader that expanded the Roman Empire and laid the foundation of the Roman imperial system. After eliminating Rome of its Dictators, he formed the Triumvirate with Pompeii and Crassus and instituted numerous reforms that would ensure the success and prosperity of Rome for centuries to come. He was assassinated in 44 B.C., but his heir Caesar Augustus took control and established the Roman Empire as one of the greatest in the history of the world.

 

 

Augustus of Prima Porta is a 2.04m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar which was discovered on April 20, 1863, in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, Porta , near Rome Rome. . Augustus Caesar's wife, Livia Drusilla, Drusilla , now known as Julia Augusta, retired to the villa after his death. The sculpture is now displayed in the Braccio Nuovo of the Vatican Museums. Museums.

Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the Empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire in the East; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. In central Europe, Aurelius fought the Marcomanni Marcomanni, , Quadi Quadi, , and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic Wars Wars, , with the threat of the Germanic tribes tribes    beginning to represent a troubling reality for the Empire. A revolt in the East led by Avidius Cassius failed to gain momentum and was suppressed immediately.