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Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul is an ancient marble statue of a wounded Celtic warrior, now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original, probably bronze, commissioned by Attalus I of Pergamon in the late 3rd century BCE to celebrate his victories over the Galatians. The figure, naked but for a torc, sinks onto his shield, and is admired for its sympathetic portrayal of a defeated enemy.

Dying Gaul
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dying Gaul. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dying-gaul
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