> Odd, why is this Roman sculpture being returned to Germany? Because the museum was the rightful owner of the piece. > It’s obviously not a German artifact a

> Odd, why is this Roman sculpture being returned to Germany? Because the museum was the rightful owner of the piece. > It’s obviously not a German artifact and while I might be wrong, I assume it was “looted” from Italy. To start with, Italy has been actively looted by Italians since at least the later part of the Middle Ages, but more actively from the Renaissance onwards. A lot of the pieces you see in other countries, and I'm quite certain this one fits the bill, were just traded privately between aristocrats for centuries. And that's assuming it's from Italy at all, it could just as well have been found in German soil. Germany happens to host a few major Roman cities.