Santa_Giulia_4.jpg

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Description Santa Giulia 4.jpg	Italiano: Il primo dei due ritratti gemelli in bronzo dorato di Claudio II "il Gotico" (268/269 d.C.). I busti in bronzo dorato, cinque di imperatori e uno di imperatrice, furono nascosti sotto il tempio capitolino a Brescia , assieme ad altri oggetti in metallo pregiato, in previsione del rischio d'un saccheggio della città nel IV/V secolo, e lì dimenticati fino al 1826. Sono esposti al Museo di Santa Giulia a Brescia .. English: The first one of the two twin bronze busts of Claudius II "the Gothic" (268/269 d.C.). The gilded bronze portraits, five of Roman emperors and one of an empress, were hidden beneath the Capitoline temple in Brescia , together with other bronze objects, to prevent the consequences of a possible sack of the town in the 4th or 5th century, and unearthed only in 1826. They are now exhibited in the archaeological Santa Giulia Museum, in Brescia , Italy.
Date	25 June 2011
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