Talk:Colossus of Nero

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Colosseum[edit]

"Many experts believe that the name for the Colosseum is derived from this monument." Good heavens, what do the rest "believe"? --Wetman 04:16, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

False Link[edit]

The link to Zenodorus takes us to a genus of jumping spiders. Would suggest this be unlinked.Godingo 22:52, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Head[edit]

After Nero's reign, the Emperor Vespasian renamed it as the sun-god Helios (Colossus Solis) because of his dislike for Nero. -- he not only renamed the statue, but replaced the head of the colossus as well.

Image[edit]

Do any images or descriptions exist? Drutt (talk) 06:35, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No. Even the exact siting is mooted.--Wetman (talk) 08:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are images on first century coins, search for "Coins Nero Colossus". Blueshifter (talk) 23:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrote Article[edit]

Brought in more info from the Colosseum article and the Domus Aurea article, plus a review on current research. Added TOC. For an image, this would be nice, but I couldn't find the source of the illustration to ask for permission: http://onchong.blogspot.com/2009/07/trivia-colosseum.html Blueshifter (talk) 23:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good job!--Wetman (talk) 01:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion on the time when the statue fell[edit]

At one point in this article it states that the statue was probably lost in the 5th century, while it seems that Bede wrote something seeming to say that the statue was still standing when he wrote it (in the 8th century). Could someone explain this to me? 174.108.55.15 (talk) 23:05, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Height[edit]

List of statues (section destroyed) claims height was 36 m. 85.217.38.115 (talk) 07:49, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would be good to note that the scale of the statue was probably similar to the Statue of Liberty. Liberty is taller, but mostly because she has her arm raised. Fig (talk) 12:06, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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