Statue of an old magistrate

Statua di magistrato anziano
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
Late IVth - early Vth century BC
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 236
Origin: 
Rome, Nymphaeum of the Liciniani Gardens (1879)
Inventory: 
MC0896

The hall

All that remains of the sumptuous residence of the emperor Licinius Gallieno is a monumental nymphaeum, the so-called Temple of Minerva Physician, not far from Termini Station. 
Several notable sculptures were found reused inside it, outstanding amongst which are the statues of two magistrates commencing the circus games, perhaps Quintus Aurelius Simmacus and his son Memmius Simmacus, who had high profiles in late fourth century AD Rome.