Palazzo Massimo

The best Museum for Ancient Roman Statuary is National Museum of Rome.

Under Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire reached its zenith. For instance, he conquered Dacia.

Minerva was the Roman equivalent of the Greek Goddess Athena, for whom Athens was named. In the hierarchy of Roman pagan gods, her cult was second only to Jupiter.

Via Labicana Augustus sculpture was excavated in 1910 from the Oppian Hill, which is near the Colosseum.

Augustus was the first Emperor of Rome, but as Pontifex Maximus, he was also Rome’s High Priest.

Boxer at Rest and Hellenistic Prince were both excavated from Quirinal Hill in 1885, thought to be Greek.