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The pose used in the Augustus of Primaporta indicates the emperor's "prime of youth but a leader and also that he was a man of the people".
Augustus of Primaporta is a marble statue of Augustus Caesar, the first and a standout among the most noteworthy rulers of Old Rome, which was found on April 20, 1863 in the Manor of Livia at Prima Porta, close to Rome. The dating of the Prima Porta piece is generally challenged. It is believed to be a duplicate of a bronze original. The stone worker may have been Greek.
