 Parzival  | 14 May 2008 7:04 a.m. PST |
link Dated to 46 A.D., so apparently made in his lifetime. That's incredible. |
| religon | 14 May 2008 7:11 a.m. PST |
Wow!
The other items found seem interesting too. |
| axabrax | 14 May 2008 7:23 a.m. PST |
Seems to be some controversy based on the comments as to whether it's Caesar or Augustus. |
| nycjadie | 14 May 2008 7:26 a.m. PST |
I wonder how they found that site. That would be interesting. What an amazing find. That Syrian wall painting is pretty amazing as well. Reminds me of my father-in-law's paintings. |
| Tankrider | 14 May 2008 8:18 a.m. PST |
Legionary Pullo: :::admiring a new bust of Caesar:::
"Ahhh.. now this is a nice bit of keepsake, don't you think?" Centurion Vorenus: "Did you keep any of the gold you found?" Legionary Pullo: "CACK!! Forgot about that bit." ::::tosses bust into river:::: |
| Quadratus | 14 May 2008 8:24 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the post. Very interesting. Can't wait to see more stuff uncovered. |
| Scott MacPhee | 14 May 2008 8:54 a.m. PST |
46BC, I hope, to have been from JC's lifetime. |
| Ferrous Lands | 14 May 2008 9:06 a.m. PST |
It does look like him, but I doubt that is Augustus. Even at an old age he was very careful to only allow young portraits made of himself. He was trying to portray himself as the young, new leader in Roman politics. So, he wouldn't be pleased with this aged bust. |
| nycjadie | 14 May 2008 10:27 a.m. PST |
Still, looks very much like his younger busts. Maybe in a fit of rage he dumped it in the river? Ancient bust. Reminds me of a scene in "There's Something About Mary". |
| Skeptic | 14 May 2008 10:40 a.m. PST |
The Times Online article suggests some answers to those questions: link |
| Austin Rob | 14 May 2008 11:29 a.m. PST |
Ha, ha. They called Caesar "Emperor." Nothing makes you feel superior like getting to be pedantic and point out others' trivial errors! Rob |
| Parzival | 14 May 2008 12:32 p.m. PST |
Dated to 46 A.D., 46BC, I hope, to have been from JC's lifetime. Aaarggghhh… 46 B.C. it is. Apparently I had an attack of alphabetaphasia. :P
Thanks for catching my error. (And dang it, we still need an edit function!!!) |
| Parzival | 14 May 2008 12:37 p.m. PST |
Seems to be some controversy based on the comments as to whether it's Caesar or Augustus. I think you can safely ignore the comments on an AOL news thread. :-P |
| Steve Hazuka | 14 May 2008 12:57 p.m. PST |
That's how they knew it was legit. On the bottom in said Corvus Belli 46BC, good sculpt. |
 John the OFM | 14 May 2008 1:33 p.m. PST |
Sure beats the crap out of what passes for "art" these days. |
