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  2. Via Labicana Augustus - Wikipedia

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    The Via Labicana statue of Augustus. The Via Labicana statue of Augustus, closeup. The Via Labicana Augustus is a sculpture of the Roman emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, with his head veiled for a sacrifice. [1] [2] [3] The statue is dated as having been made after 12 BCE. It was found on slopes of the Oppian Hill, in the Via Labicana, in 1910

  3. Pontifex maximus - Wikipedia

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    Augustus as pontifex maximus (Via Labicana Augustus) <-The pontifex maximus (Latin for "supreme pontiff" [1] [2] [3]) was the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum) in ancient Rome. This was the most important position in the ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first held ...

  4. Via Labicana - Wikipedia

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    A statue of Augustus as pontifex maximus found at a villa of Livia on this road is known as the "Via Labicana type" and is housed at the National Roman Museum. The Roman Emperor Didius Julianus was buried by the fifth milestone on the Via Labicana, after being executed in 193.

  5. Augustan and Julio-Claudian art - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, the statues of Augustus of Prima Porta and of Via Labicana Augustus have a composure reminiscent of Polykleitos and the other classical Greek sculptors. These show an expression of proud reserve, a disposition Augustus demonstrated in his Res Gestae Divi Augusti. The official iconography of Augustus was widespread.

  6. National Roman Museum of Palazzo Massimo - Wikipedia

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    The portraits of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in "room IV" are complemented by others in "room V," as well as the statue known as Augustus of Via Labicana, a portrait of Emperor Augustus as pontifex maximus, found in what was Livia's villa near Via Labicana. [15]

  7. Porta Maggiore - Wikipedia

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    The church is an important place of prayer dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The following inscriptions in praise of the emperors Claudius, Vespasian, and Titus for their work on the aqueducts are prominently displayed on the attic of the Porta Maggiore: TI. CLAUDIUS DRUSI F. CAISAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS PONTIF. MAXIM., / TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE XII, COS.

  8. Via Flaminia - Wikipedia

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    While the Via Cassia split off north, the Via Flaminia veared east before turning north again to follow the Tiber, and continued on to Saxa Rubra and Prima Porta. On a hill to the right of the Via Flaminia, a little beyond Prima Porta, are the ruins of Ad Gallinas, [7] a villa that belonged to Livia, the wife of Augustus. [8]

  9. Santi Marcellino e Pietro ad Duas Lauros - Wikipedia

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    Chiesa San Marcellino e Pietro ad Duas Lauros. Santi Marcellino e Pietro ad Duas Lauros is a church in the Prenestino-Labicano quarter of Rome, Italy.Located on the ancient Via Labicana on land once owned by Helena, mother of Constantine, it was along the southern part of the Via Francigena.