Capitoline She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Capitoline Wolf Sculpture with Romulus and Remus

Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Capitoline Wolf Sculpture

Roman Sarcophagus with Four Seasons Motif

Roman Sarcophagus of the Four Seasons

Roman Sarcophagus of the Four Seasons

Roman Sarcophagus with Spring and Summer

Roman Sarcophagus with Four Seasons

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Bust of Commodus as Hercules with Tritons

Bust of Commodus as Hercules with Tritons

Bust of Commodus as Hercules

Combat Between Horatii and Curiatii Fresco

Combat between the Horatii and Curiatii

Battle between the Horatii and Curiatii

Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii

Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii

Combat between the Horatii and Curiatii

The Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Gilded Bronze Statue of Hercules

Gilded Bronze Statue of Hercules

Gilded Bronze Statue of Hercules

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Boy with Thorn Bronze Sculpture

Artemis of Ephesus Statue

Artemis of Ephesus Statue

Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge

Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge

Finding of the She-Wolf Fresco

Finding of the She-Wolf Fresco

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paulus

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paulus

Heracles and the Nemean Lion

The Capitoline Brutus

Hadrian Greeted by Roma and Genii

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Relief of Marcus Aurelius on Horseback

Statue of Pope Urban VIII

Gladiators Fighting Fresco

Attic Red-Figure Kylix with Athletes

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paulus Fresco

Renaissance Fresco of the Colosseum

Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor

Lion Attacking a Horse

Lion Attacking a Horse Sculpture

Statue of Carlo Barberini, Rome

Statue of Carlo Barberini

Bronze Statue of a Camillus

Bronze Statue of a Camillus

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

Ancient Greek Amphora with Horse Protome

The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus

Imperial Victory of Marcus Aurelius

Roman Imperial Eagle Sculpture

Ceiling of Palazzo dei Conservatori

Lid with Stylized Animal Heads

Ornate Coffered Ceiling, Capitoline Museums

Etruscan Ivory Lion Plaque

Fresco of the Arch of Constantine

Amphora: Neoptolemus Killing Priam

Colossal Head of Emperor Constantine

Attic Black-Figure Horse-Head Amphora

Panoramic View of Rome Skyline

Head of Dionysus

Statue of Pope Innocent X

Roman Statues of Venus and a Matron

Fasti Consulares and Fasti Triumphales Tablets

Eros Flying with a Hare

Bronze Caliga from a Roman Statue

Renaissance Fresco of Roman Ruins

Herakles and Triton on Hydria

Judgement of Paris on Hydria

Torso of Dionysus Roman Sculpture

Bell Krater with Komos Scene

Archery Contest in Ancient Rome

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

Youth Between Two Sirens Amphora

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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.