| DATE | 235 - 225 BC |
| AUTHOR | Unknown |
| MEDIA | Marble |
| SIZE | Unknown |
| LOCATION | Italy - Rome - Capitoline Museum |
| NOTES | Attalos I, King of Pergamon (or Pergamum, modern Turkey), defeated the Anatolian Celts in two battles between 235 and 225 BC and the victory was commemorated by a monument that included the sculpture "Dying Gaul" which depicted a dying Celtic warrior dressed in nothing but his Celtic neck torque.
The Dying Gaul, a wounded Gallic trumpeter, is a Roman marble copy after bronze original figure (probably by Epigonos, a sculptor from Pergamon) from commemorative group at Pergamon c. 220 BC. The statue was found in the gardens of Sallust, a Roman historian. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful sculptures of antiquity. |
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