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Born 1796 • Dresden • Saxony
Died September 30, 1846 (aged 50) • Meissen • Germany
Subjects Of Study Greece • Roman Empire • culture
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Constantine I
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Theodosius I
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Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
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Nero
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Julian the Apostate
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Caracalla
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