Elagabalus (Aged Facial Reconstruction) (Illustration)

Illustration

by Daniel Voshart
published on 23 October 2020

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Elagabalus (Aged Facial Reconstruction) — A photorealistic reconstruction of what the Roman emperor Elagabalus (r. 218-222 CE) may have looked like. This reconstruction depicts him clean shaven and wearing minor cosmetics, as he was reputed to have done while emperor. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence.

Pictured alongside the reconstruction are the statuary and busts used as references. Made using Photoshop and Artbreeder, a neural net tool.

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Original image by Daniel Voshart. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 23 October 2020 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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APA Style

Voshart, D. (2020, October 23). Elagabalus (Aged Facial Reconstruction). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/13009/

Chicago Style

Voshart, Daniel. "Elagabalus (Aged Facial Reconstruction)." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 23, 2020. https://www.ancient.eu/image/13009/.

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Voshart, Daniel. "Elagabalus (Aged Facial Reconstruction)." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Oct 2020. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

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