Posthumous bust of Caesar

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Carole Raddato
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published on 04 April 2014

The so-called Green Caesar, a posthumous bust showing Julius Caesar as a statesman dressed in a toga. Being idealised in contrast to earlier Caesar portraits, this portrait was adapted to the taste of the early Imperial Age. (Altes Museum, Berlin)

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, April 04). Posthumous bust of Caesar. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2514/posthumous-bust-of-caesar/

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