Stature of Hadrian found

[S SEVERUS]

And now they found a head of Marcus Aurelius.

More pics of Safalassos http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/fotolab/insite/indexe.html

[Come in Nighthawk]

"...at the ancient site of Sagalassos, ...thought to show Faustina the Elder, wife of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius."

I had not heard about a statue of Marcus... But it certainly is in line with the speculation, as reported by the BBC...

"The fragments [of Faustina the Elder] were found not on the floor of the frigidarium - beneath the rubble from the earthquake - but higher up in the debris pile.

"This suggests they did not originally stand in this room, but were hauled there from elsewhere in the bath complex - probably from the "Kaisersaal", or emperor's room.

"They speculate that the Kaisersaal once hosted statues of Hadrian, Faustina the Elder and other members of Rome's so-called Antonine dynasty - many of whom belonged to a Spanish or southern French provincial aristocracy."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7560833.stm

[Vincula]

I found a bit about Fautina here: antoninuspius.blogspot.com/

[Ioannes_Ahenobarbus]

Even though I live in the United States, I wish I could be walking around my house one day, accidentally trip over a stone, and then find out it is a large, marble statue of a Roman emperor. Any Roman emperor. I mean, I would even take Elagabalus or Balbinus, or one of the wonder twins, Honorius or Arcadius. Anyhoo, cool article!

[Epictetus]

The BBC has another front-page follow-up today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580745.stm

That must be an extremely exciting excavation to be on!

[Marcus Mummius]

The BBC has another front-page follow-up today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580745.stm

That must be an extremely exciting excavation to be on!

Indeed it's a great excavation. It's led by a professor at the university where I studied archaeology and I took a lot of classes that were lectured by him. He's a very nice man.

The centurio of my group (Legio XI CPF) supervised the excavations of the lower agora for several years at Sagalassos by the way.

Vale,

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

It's an amazing site, I am looking forward to them doing more over the next few years....there must be a lot more to find there, seeing this.