Gilt Bronze
Posted February 14, 2009
By admin
Where is the Colossus of Nero now?
Where is the Colossus of Nero that was built next to the Colosseum in Rome currently standing? The Colossus of Nero is a 30 meter statue made of gilt bronze. It was supposed to represent the emperor, but he died, so the builders modified it to look like the sun god. I am wondering where is is now.... or if it even exists currently.
It's gone forever, and has been for a very long time, so long that no one is really sure what happened to it. It is possible that it was destroyed when the "barbarians" sacked Rome in the year 410, or perhaps it was destroyed by one of the many earthquakes that happened in that century, but the fact is that it could have been any time after the year 354 that the statue was toppled and likely scavenged and melted down, as that is the final year that we have any evidence of it still standing.
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