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Historical Archive: Augustus of Prima Porta marble, height 217 cm (85.4 inches) early first century CE, possibly after a bronze original of around 20 BCE found in the Villa Livia, Prima Porta Vatican City, Rome, Vatican Museums MV.2290.0.0 Augustus with eros on dolphin with person for scale upper part profile bust; above hand: subject peoples left hand, originally holding scepter? profile head right arm, hand restored proper right oblique from below cuirass, proper right side; center: tributary peoples, bottom: Apollo riding gryphon cuirass: Heavens (Caelus) with Sol, Luna, Dawn (Aurora); return of legionary eagles with subject peoples; Earth cuirass: trophy, tropaion cloak, paludamentum folds of cloak over pteryges and tunic copy of upper part with restored color