Gilded Bronze Hercules

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Mark Cartwright
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published on 01 May 2013
Gilded Bronze Hercules

A colossal gilded bronze statue of Hercules, 2.41 m high. 2nd century BCE. (Capitoline Museums, Rome)

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Mark Cartwright
Mark Cartwright
Mark is a history writer based in Italy. His special interests include pottery, architecture, world mythology and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share in common. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the Publishing Director at AHE.

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Cartwright, M. (2013, May 01). Gilded Bronze Hercules. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/1169/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Gilded Bronze Hercules." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 01, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/image/1169/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Gilded Bronze Hercules." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 01 May 2013. Web. 25 Aug 2019.

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