A major collection of ancient Roman bronzes from the Villa of the Papyri is housed at the museum.
If not, a Roman bronze is not nearly as historically significant.
The controversial Roman bronzes were never part of an Ariadne exhibition.
Its most famous prizes are two Roman bronzes from the second-century B.C.
Later Roman bronze and steel pivot-controlled instruments were found in Pompeii.
The sculpture was one of the very few Roman bronzes that was never lost to sight.
Analysis of a large number of gilded Roman 'bronzes' has revealed that most of those which are mercury-gilded are in fact made of copper.
There is good evidence that Greek and Roman bronzes were not artificially patinated, though many were gilt or silvered.
It is a Classicising Roman bronze of the early 2nd century, which adheres to the same Lysippic canon of proportions.
Used for the first Ancient Roman bronze "As" coins and Chinese "cash" coins, but rarely used today.