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A portrait bust of Roman Emperor Vespasian (1st century CE), recovered from the River Tiber. (Palazzo Massimo, National Museum of Rome).

A relief slab from the tomb of Tang Dynasty emperor Taizong showing one of his horses. c. 650 CE, Zhaoling, China. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia)

An engraved amethyst ring of Roman Emperor Constantius II, c. 360 CE (British Museum, London)

Colossal bust of the emperor Vespasian, 69-79 CE, from Rome. (Neues Museum, Berlin)

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

Statue of Emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE to 14 CE). Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

A portrait bust of Vespasian, from Ostia, 69-79 CE. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

Portrait of Emperor Leopold I as a young man, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, oil on canvas by Benjamin Block, 1631-1689. Private collection. This portrait of the young monarch is rare as it depicts Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor...

A 13th century CE illustration showing Byzantine emperor Michael III (r. 842-867 CE) crowning his great friend and political ally Basil the Macedonian co-emperor. The latter would take the crown himself in 867 CE as Basil I. (Madrid Sklitzes...

Hadrian, like most Roman emperors, used statues to diffuse his image across the Roman World. Statues often showed the emperor as a general or priest. This bust shows Hadrian naked. This nakedness, originally a Greek style, showed that the...