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The statue was found in 1867 during excavations whichfollowedthe discovery of a marble krater (a large vase used to mix wine with water) carved in refined low relief in 1864.


Prima Porta is an area justoutsideRome where a marble statue ofAugustus was found. It had been called the Augustus of Prima Porta and is now housed at theVaticanMuseums. It is a copy of an original bronze statue that celebrated Augustus' return to Rome with the standards of the legions which had been captured by thePersiansin 53BCand whichAugustusretook in 20 BC.

Prima Porta was also where the villa of the wife ofAugustus, Livia Drusilla, was. It was alargevilla which belonged to her family and was her dowry. All that remain is three vaulted subterranean rooms. it is famous for an impressive fresco which has an illusionistic garden view with all the trees and flowers in blossom at once.

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The artifact known as the Augustus Prima Porta was discovered in 1863 in the Villa of Livia, wife of the Roman emperor Augustus, in the Prima Porta neighborhood of Rome, Italy.

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