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Michael King Macdona
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Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
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Some of these are uncannily good, others... less so. The later ones tend to be better, I think - possibly because there are fewer representations so it's easier to copy a single bust. The Gordiani are great, and Tacitus and Probus entirely convincing.
The worst, I think, is Hadrian - he had a much rounder plumper face, a beakier nose, and a weaker chin. And wasn't the beard supposed to hide his blemished skin? The reconstruction looks altogether too handsome and wholesome. Caracalla is too handsome here as well - was it Herodian or Cassius Dio who described him as 'nearly bald'? Clearly his busts were a propaganda job!
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The worst one for me is Gallienus. I like Dr Ilkka Syvänne The Reign of Emperor Gallienus’ version a whole lot better. On the other end of the spectrum Commodus looks like a god with his Adonis-like visage. So handsome!
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Vespasian looks like Lyndon B. Johnson! That freaked me out! (Are the 1960's ancient enough?)
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