Praxiteles is known best for the beautiful statue of Hermes and the infant Dionysus..

Lysippos, his acknowledge masterpiece is apoxyomenos.

Lacoon and his sons..

The Nike of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is estimated to have been created around 190 BC. It was created to not only honor the goddess, Nike, but to honor a sea battle. It conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery through its features which the Greeks considered ideal beauty.

The statue depicts a dying Celt with remarkable realism, particularly in the face, and may have been painted. He is represented as a Gallic warrior with a typically Gallic hairstyle and moustache. The figure is nude save for aa neck torc. He lies on his fallen

shield while his sword and other objects lie beside him.

Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ..sculpture Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict AphroditeAphrodite,, the Greek goddess of love and beauty ((VenusVenus to the RomansRomans).). It is aamarblemarble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. The arms and original plinth were lost following the discovery. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of AntiochAntioch;; earlier, it was mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor PraxitelesPraxiteles.. It is currently on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Julius Caesar was a great statesman and a brilliant military leader that expanded the Roman Empire and laid the foundation of the Roman imperial system. After eliminating of its Dictators, he formed the Triumvirate with Pompeii and Crassus and instituted numerous reforms that would ensure the success and prosperity of Rome for centuries to come. He was assassinated in 44 B.C., but his heir Caesar Augustus took control and established the Roman Empire as ononee of the greatest in the history of the world.

Augustus of Prima Porta is a 2.04m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar which was discovered on April 20, 1863, in the Villa of Livia atat Prima PortaPorta,, near RomeRome.. Augustus Caesar's wife, Livia DrusillaDrusilla,, now known as Julia Augusta, retired to ththee villa after his death. The sculpture is now displayed in the BracciBraccioo Nuovo of the Vatican MuseumsMuseums..

Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors,Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

During his reign, the Empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire in the East; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. In central Europe, Aurelius fought the MarcomanniMarcomanni,,QuadiQuadi,, and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic WarsWars,, with the threat of the Germanic tribestribes beginning to represent a troubling reality for the Empire. A revolt in the East led by Avidius Cassius failed to gain momentum and was suppressed immediately.