MARCA AURELIA EQUESTRIAN STATUE

Prototype: Statue of Marcus Aurelius is a bronze ancient Roman equestrian statue, which is located in Rome in the Palace of the Conservatives of the Capitoline Museums. It was founded in 176. The gilded bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius (Italian: Statua equestre di Marco Aurelio) was created at the end of the 2nd century AD and is the only equestrian sculpture that has survived from ancient times. Emperor Marcus Aurelius is depicted wearing a soldier's cloak over a tunic. Under the raised hoof of the horse, there used to be a figure of a bound barbarian, symbolizing a defeated enemy, and the gesture of the emperor meant generosity towards the vanquished. The statue is only twice the life size. The equestrian monument is a monument to the commander. The rider's gesture is addressed to the army. Marcus Aurelius really had to fight a lot in his lifetime with the Parthians, barbarian tribes, but descendants remember him not as a commander, but as a philosopher on the throne. The emperor managed to repel the attacks of enemies and pacify the rebels.