
Capitoline She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Roman Sarcophagus with Spring and Summer

Heracles and the Nemean Lion

Triton

Combat between the Horatii and Curiatii

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

The Capitoline Brutus (Bronze Bust)

Hadrian Greeted by Roma and Genii

Roman Sarcophagus of the Four Seasons

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

The Rape of the Sabine Women (Fresco)

Gilded Bronze Statue of Hercules

Gilded Bronze Statue of Hercules

Relief of Marcus Aurelius on Horseback

Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii

Statue of Pope Urban VIII

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Artemis of Ephesus Statue

Capitoline Wolf Sculpture with Romulus and Remus

Combat Between Horatii and Curiatii Fresco

Gladiators Fighting Fresco

Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge

Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii

Attic Red-Figure Kylix with Athletes

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paulus Fresco

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Finding of the She-Wolf Fresco

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paulus

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Renaissance Fresco of the Colosseum

Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor

Finding of the She-Wolf

Capitoline Antinous Statue

Fragments of the Colossus of Constantine

Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game

Etruscan Ceramic Vessels with Spiral Motifs

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Ancient Greek Amphora with Horse Protome

Battle between the Horatii and Curiatii

The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus

Imperial Victory of Marcus Aurelius

Lion Attacking a Horse

Bronze Horse

Roman Imperial Eagle Sculpture

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Ceiling of Palazzo dei Conservatori

Lion Attacking a Horse Sculpture

Roman Sarcophagus with Four Seasons Motif

Lid with Stylized Animal Heads

Ornate Coffered Ceiling, Capitoline Museums

Etruscan Ivory Lion Plaque

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paulus

Statue of Carlo Barberini, Rome

Roman Sarcophagus with Four Seasons

Bronze Statue of a Camillus

Fresco of the Arch of Constantine

Amphora: Neoptolemus Killing Priam

Colossal Head of Emperor Constantine

Bust of Commodus as Hercules with Tritons

Bronze Statue of a Camillus

Attic Black-Figure Horse-Head Amphora

Panoramic View of Rome Skyline

Head of Dionysus (Sculpture)

Statue of Pope Innocent X

Roman Statues of Venus and a Matron

Fasti Consulares and Fasti Triumphales Tablets

Capitoline Wolf Sculpture

Philoctetes (Greek Mythology Scene)

Eros Flying with a Hare

Bronze Caliga from a Roman Statue

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Renaissance Fresco of Roman Ruins

Statue of Carlo Barberini

Herakles and Triton on Hydria

Bust of Commodus as Hercules with Tritons

Judgement of Paris on Hydria

Artemis of Ephesus Statue

Torso of Dionysus Roman Sculpture

Bell Krater with Komos Scene

Roman Sarcophagus of the Four Seasons

Gilded Bronze Statue of Hercules

Archery Contest in Ancient Rome

Finding of the She-Wolf Fresco

Combat between the Horatii and Curiatii

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Numa Pompilius and the Vestal Cult

Romulus Marking the Limits of Rome

Chariot Race Fresco in Capitoline Museums

Battle of Lake Regillus Fresco

Fasti Consulares and Triumphales Fragments

Mucius Scaevola Before Porsenna

Ancient Greek Skyphos with Youth

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Youth Between Two Sirens Amphora

Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge

The Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii
Capitoline MuseumsMusei Capitolini
Capitoline Museums crown Rome’s Capitoline Hill, where in 1471 Pope Sixtus IV’s gift of ancient bronzes to the city helped shape the modern idea of a public museum. Housed in the Renaissance palaces framing Michelangelo’s Campidoglio, they feel less like a cabinet of treasures than a civic archive: portraits of emperors, reliefs, and sarcophagi set beside Rome’s founding myth in the Capitoline She-Wolf and the commanding bronze of Marcus Aurelius. The complex endures as a statement of how Rome turns antiquity into public memory and shared identity.
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