• Location of the Colossus (in red near the center) on a map of Rome. The Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis) was a 30-metre (98 ft) bronze statue that the Emperor Nero...
  • It derives from the colossal bronze statue of Nero, which stood in the immediate vicinity. ... Reconstruction of the Colossus of Nero – National Geographic.
  • The likely end of the Colossus of Nero came with the sack of Rome in 410 AD. This cataclysmic event was orchestrated by the Visigoths, led by King Alaric.
  • Once a mighty statue, the Colossus of Nero has completely vanished except for some concrete blocks that were once the foundation of its marble pedestal.
  • The Colossus of Nero – Megalomania or Fake News? ... arena but of an entirely different monument – a gigantic bronze statue so-called The Colossus of Nero.
  • The Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis) was a statue/automaton based on Emperor Nero. It makes its appearance in The Hidden Oracle attacking Camp Half-Blood...
  • The Colossus of Nero stood approximately 30 meters tall and was originally placed in front of Nero's palace, making it one of the largest statues of its time.
  • Colossus Neronis: a colossal bronze statue of Nero, •120 feet high, the work of Zenodorus, a Greek, erected by Nero himself in the vestibule of the...
  • Its vestibule was large enough to contain a colossal statue of the emperor a hundred and twenty feet high.” Artist impression of Colossus of Nero.
  • Further, third-century historian Dio Cassius records that Vespasian, one of Nero’s successors, erected the colossus several years after the latter’s death...