historical-nonfiction:A colossal status of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117 to 138 CE) found in t
historical-nonfiction: A colossal status of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117 to 138 CE) found in the ruins of a bathhouse at Sagalossos, a Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey. It is estimated the statue stood between 13 and 16 feet (4 and 5 meters) tall. That’s pretty big! It was an announcement of the power of Rome, personified by Rome’s divine emperor. -- source link