Lifelike reconstruction of Julius Caesar reveals extraordinary head
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Juliuiluj Caeac.
Now we know...
They didn't stab him for any political reasons...
It was out of FEAR
Without his skull we'll never know for sure how Caesar looked, and he was cremated as per Roman tradition. So I'm at a loss as to how they got that from this:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4793/25770351247_07bba7fa4d_b.jpg
There is a fairly high likelihood that he had a pretty big head, however this could be a case of the broken telephone a little bit.
If I had to guess, and assuming the digital recreation is accurate, as with Ancient Greek and Egyptian sculptures, I'd imagine the Romans sculpted important figures with a more idealistic visage. Think of it as the Ancient's answer to photoshop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl3H4vMqYNo
Kind of the opposite, actually. The Romans (at least in the Republic era) were a bit harsher and more realistic than the Ancient Greek ones. This was a deliberate attempt to move away from the Greek way of doing things, because the more conservative and nationalistic Romans thought the Greeks were "soft", and wanted to be seen as manly and dominant in comparison.
From my understanding, busts from the Republican era of Rome are usually regarded as being pretty true-to-life. I'd imagine if you were embellishing your looks in busts it would just serve as ammunition for your political enemies in the Senate.
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The head in the OP looks super ridiculous even compared to this rather unfavorable bust, though
http://www.aeria.phil.uni-erlangen.de/photo_html/portrait/roemisch/republik/benannt/caesar/caesar5.jpg
It looks like they took the right side of this bust and mirrored it
The pic also looks exaggerated compared to the actual HLN recreation, but given the source not even kind of surpised.
I'm in awe at the size of this lad's head. Absolute unit.
In Ave of this absolute caesar
"This mufugga got a FIVE-head!"
My mom looked over my shoulder while I was laughing and she blurted out, "The fuck happened to his head?"
I was on the floor at that point. This shit is goofy.
Asterix's caricature depiction of Julius feels like the nicest fucking thing compared to that.
Duh, everyone knows that these reconstructions are garbage
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He looks like a fallout character creation gone wrong.
