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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.
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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
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]
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 ...
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.
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
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 ]