Our head comes from this time, a year or two after Augustus became emperor. It was once part of a full-length statue that showed him as a warrior, slightly larger than life-sized. It's broken off ...

By using equestrians in responsible positions in government, Augustus founded the imperial civil service, which equestrians would later head. Their business background made them particularly ...

The Halsted curator Karen Manchester notes that the statue is an amalgam of two sculptures from different eras—the head from one made during the reign of Augustus (31BCE-14CE), and the body ...

With artefacts on loan from the British Museum, this modest show reminds us of the astonishing heritage of a country now ...

Our head comes from this time, a year or two after Augustus became emperor. It was once part of a full-length statue that showed him as a warrior, slightly larger than life-sized. It's broken off ...