Well attributing Roman statues is hard, in particular because every single collector, antiques dealer and museum curator in the last 2000 years had a strong inc

Well attributing Roman statues is hard, in particular because every single collector, antiques dealer and museum curator in the last 2000 years had a strong incentive to identify his statue as one of the big guys. [0] And additionally, they come from a tradition of visual representation, where the easiest attribution is always Alexander, when he was depicted with rams horns. [1] [0] Except if there is an antique inscription, which there isn't if the statues is supposed to depict Caesar. Mary Beard has an entire, and quite entertaining lecture on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-JelaK-bAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-JelaK-bAA [1] For example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_coin,_British_Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_coin,_Brit...