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Description: | A cameo of Emperor Caracalla dressed as the hero Hercules. Instead of being shown wearing a normal Roman cloak, Caracalla wears the cloak usually worn by Hercules. This was made from a lion's skin with the paws still attached, and was fastened by being tied in a knot on the chest. The cameo was found at Arbeia Roman Fort and it is possible that Caracalla himself visited Arbeia (early third century). | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | politics archaeology living in the North East fashion roman | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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