Cave-grotto of Roman seaside villa at Sperlonga
The grotto was part of a villa used by the emperor Tiberius, and the groups may have been brought by him or by a previous owner.
They are: 1, Pasquino; 2, Rape of the Palladium; 3, Blinding of Polyphemus; and 4, Scylla.
Reconstruction by B. Conticello
Later 1st cent BCE or early 1st cent CE


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