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  2. Colossus of Nero - Wikipedia

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    Location of the Colossus (in red near the center) on a map of Rome. The Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis) was a 30-metre (98 ft) bronze statue that the Emperor Nero (37–68 AD) created in the vestibule of his Domus Aurea, the imperial villa complex which spanned a large area from the north side of the Palatine Hill, across the Velian ridge to the Esquiline Hill in Rome.

  3. File:Base of the Colossus of Nero, Coliseum, Rome, Italy ...

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  4. List of ancient monuments in Rome - Wikipedia

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    10.3 Statues. 10.4 Tombs. 10.5 Mausoleums. ... Amphitheater of Nero; ... Colossus of Nero; Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius; Tombs

  5. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    The name Colosseum is believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero on the model of the Colossus of Rhodes. [9] [3] The giant bronze sculpture of Nero as a solar deity was moved to its position beside the amphitheatre by the emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138). [9]

  6. Ruins of ancient Nero's Theater discovered under garden of ...

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    Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones: Archaeologists said Wednesday that the ruins of Nero’s Theater, an imperial theater referred to in ancient Roman texts but never found, have ...

  7. Category : Ancient Greek and Roman colossal statues

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    Colossal statues which were examples of Ancient Greek sculpture or Roman sculpture. Colossal statues are defined as large statues of figures of humans or animals. As a rough guide, "colossal" means two times lifesize or more in this context.

  8. Colossus - Wikipedia

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    Colossus of Constantine, a bronze and marble statue of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great; Colossi of Memnon, two stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III; Colossus of Nero, a bronze statue of the Roman emperor Nero; Colossus of Ramesses II; Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue of the Greek god Helios

  9. Domus Aurea - Wikipedia

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    Nero also commissioned from the Greek Zenodorus a colossal 35.5 m (120 RF) high bronze statue of him, the Colossus Neronis. [ 31 ] [ 11 ] Pliny the Elder , however, puts its height at only 30.3 m (106.5 RF). [ 41 ]