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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 Emperor was heroic and almost god-like. Roman, 117-138 CE. Probably from Rome, Italy. Formerly in the collection of Charles Townley. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, November 08). Marble Bust of Emperor Hadrian. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6024/marble-bust-of-emperor-hadrian/
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