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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2012.21 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name statue head, Head of Claudius Description Replica statue head of the Roman Emperor Nero, previously thought to represent Emperor Claudius who invaded Britain in AD 43. The original was found in the river Alde at Rendham, near Saxmundham, Suffolk and is now in the British Museum. It has been argued that the head of the statue, if representing Claudius, may have been removed during the Boudican rebellion and subsequent destruction of Colchester. If the head represents Nero, it may have been removed and the statue destroyed as part the emperor's damnatio memoriae (the 'condemnation of memory'), which sought to erase his identity and representation. Production period Modern Material metal Dimensions height: 305.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2012.21
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

statue head, Head of Claudius
Description

Replica statue head of the Roman Emperor Nero, previously thought to represent Emperor Claudius who invaded Britain in AD 43. The original was found in the river Alde at Rendham, near Saxmundham, Suffolk and is now in the British Museum. It has been argued that the head of the statue, if representing Claudius, may have been removed during the Boudican rebellion and subsequent destruction of Colchester. If the head represents Nero, it may have been removed and the statue destroyed as part the emperor's damnatio memoriae (the 'condemnation of memory'), which sought to erase his identity and representation.
Production period

Modern
Material

metal
Dimensions

Details