Among the most interesting features of this Athena is the 74.5-inch-tall statue’s hodgepodge provenance. Its head came from a sculpture carved during the time of the Roman emperor Augustus (31 B ...

Augustus had outlived his preferred heirs - his two grandsons. So when he died, it was his son-in-law, Tiberius, who became emperor. Tiberius knew he was not first choice. So did everybody else.

The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

By the time Augustus came ... of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had become emperor, a mutiny broke ...

This is the Emperor Augustus. He has recently ... part of Rome - and then turned the Roman Republic into his personal empire. Across that empire, statues of the new ruler would now be erected.

The new construction featured a grand hall filled with brick arches, marble columns and marble statues ... by the Roman ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

This is the Emperor Augustus. He has recently ... part of Rome - and then turned the Roman Republic into his personal empire. Across that empire, statues of the new ruler would now be erected.