{"id":4253,"date":"2023-04-01T23:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T22:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnancientrome.com\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2023-04-01T23:11:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T22:11:37","slug":"was-the-first-colossus-seen-in-italy-since-ancient-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnancientrome.com\/was-the-first-colossus-seen-in-italy-since-ancient-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the first colossus seen in italy since ancient rome?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first colossus seen in Italy since ancient Rome was discovered in the ruins of a temple in central Italy. The massive statue, which is more than 10 feet tall, is thought to date back to the 6th century BC. It is the first such statue to be found in Italy in more than 2,000 years.<\/p>\n

The first colossus seen in Italy since ancient Rome was the Colosseum.<\/p>\n

Where was the Colossus of Constantine originally located? <\/h2>\n

The Colossus of Constantine was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c 280–337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra, near the . The statue was probably destroyed in the Sack of Rome in 410 AD.<\/p>\n

The Colossus of Nero was a 30-metre (98 ft) bronze statue of the Emperor Nero (37–68 AD). It was 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.<\/p>\n

Has the Colossus of Rhodes been found <\/h3>\n