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Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - Epictetus - 01-28-2011
![[Image: 27moth_rfd-moth.jpg]](http://i1.nyt.com/images/2011/01/27/opinion/27moth_rfd/27moth_rfd-moth.jpg)
I saw this image on the NY Times website and I can't figure out who could be the bust. Is the Italian PM posing in front of a Roman Emperor? At first I thought it was Caracalla, but after looking at some other busts now I'm not so sure.
Who is this?
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - Praefectusclassis - 01-28-2011
For some reason Caracalla does seem to turn up a lot as badly cast garden / hotel ornament. Very strange.
The curly hair does point in his general direction.
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - Nathan Ross - 01-28-2011
Quote:Is the Italian PM posing in front of a Roman Emperor?
A shame it's not Nero, or maybe Caligula :twisted:
I think Caracalla's your man though - quite possibly the bust is original (Signor Berlusconi is the PM of Italy, after all, so he doesn't have to get his ornaments from the local garden centre...). The angle, and the bleaching effect of the light, might alter the appearance somewhat, but I think it's something like this one:
![[Image: caracalla_altes_museum.JPG]](http://www.livius.org/a/1/emperors/caracalla_altes_museum.JPG)
Or perhaps Geta, who has similar hair but a rounder face:
![[Image: X8MHG00Z.jpg]](http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/49/4962/X8MHG00Z.jpg)
Depends on the location of the photo, of course - anyone recognise that hedge?
- Nathan
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - richsc - 02-03-2011
"- anyone recognise that hedge?"
Not I, but aren't there any number of young women who can answer that one?
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 02-11-2011
QvI CORRvMPIT OMNEM AETATEM...
VNCO TRAHATvR !
M.VIB.M.
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - Ghostmojo - 02-12-2011
Berlusconi is an ancient Roman himself. He's also a dirty old man and one wonders how he manages to continue to get away with his misdeeds. To the Colosseum with him!!!
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - Nathan Ross - 03-26-2011
Just came across this picture, giving a better view of the mystery bust:
![[Image: 195813002-1971b033-df2a-47c9-a539-975c956d02b4.jpg]](http://www.repubblica.it/images/2011/01/18/195813002-1971b033-df2a-47c9-a539-975c956d02b4.jpg)
and of cheeky chappie Silvio...
Looks like this is indeed a rather poor quality copy of a bust of Caracalla. Appropriate, perhaps? :wink:
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 03-26-2011
The sad thing being Berlusconi surviving his 29th year of life...
M.VIB.M.
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - M. Demetrius - 03-26-2011
Some things are better left unsaid, M.Vib.M, don't you think?
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 03-26-2011
Ah well, at least he did not have a brother named Geta...
M.VIB.M.
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - Gaius Julius Caesar - 03-28-2011
Russel Crow from the looks of it.......:mrgreen:
Re: Silvio Berlusconi and the mystery emperor - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 03-29-2011
Quote:Russel Crow from the looks of it.......:mrgreen:
Nope...
Doesnt look like this fellow :
![[Image: crow.jpg]](http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/arboviral/images/crow.jpg)
:mrgreen:
M.VIB.M.