Augustus Rides Again

Ooh, look, my first post on something ancient! Even better, some bits of a bronze statue found in Germany, or Hesse to be more exact.


[Pic from slideshow at The Local]

Actually that title is a bit of misnomer in several ways. First off, from what I can see, there's not much of Augustus doing any riding left - most of the fragments seem to be bits of horse. And secondly, as the Rogue Classicist points out, given that all that survives of the rider is a shoe, labelling it as Augustus rather than any other emperor may be quite a leap of faith...

I think that horse looks a bit evil, mind. Something around the teeth...

Click though to Rogue Classcism for a more detailed report.