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Gallo-Roman statue of an auxiliary soldier, 1st century BCE (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] blahsay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn they could work stone. 2000 years old and still great work

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The detail of cloth in Classical statues always gets me. Just insane work to get the appearance of a soft, flexible fabric.