![]() ![]() I should also like to thank Brooks Levy at the Princeton Umiversity Library for insightful views on Caligula’s radiate crown. John Pollini, Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, for his help in locating many materials on the portraiture of Caligula. From Caligula To Constantine : Tyranny & Transformation in Roman Portraiture. Untersuchungen zu Form und Funktion kleinformatiger Porträts der römischen Kaiserzeit. Here is an example of another small bronze portrait of Caligula that was intentionely mutilated and thrown into the Tiber river in Rome.ĭahmen, K. It also seems that smaller, personal images of Caligula were deliberately thrown away after his murder several have been recovered from the River Tiber in Rome. Many were reworked as portraits of Augustus or of Claudius. had his statues and portraits removed from public view. There was no official Damnatio Memoriae after the death of Caligula, but there surely was an unoffical Damnatio Memoriae. TitleBronze portrait head of the emperor Gaius (Caligula) Note the wonderful full hair down the nape of the neck. I don’t know how often it is on display, but it is a wonderful small portrait that shows the clear physiognomy of Gaius Caligula. I was given this photo by a member of our Julio Claudian group. ![]() Small Bronze Portrait of Gaius Caligula from Metropolitan Museum ![]()
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