• 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.
  • 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.
  • Today, only the foundations of the pedestal survive as a testament to the Colossus’s once-grand stature and Nero’s lofty ambitions.
  • “Summoned to Rome by Nero, he made a colossus 106½ feet tall”; the text is corrupted, some claim it reads 119 feet...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • Further, third-century historian Dio Cassius records that Vespasian, one of Nero’s successors, erected the colossus several years after the latter’s death...
  • The Colossus of Nero was a colossal statue built during the time of emperor Nero that was placed at the entrance area to his private palatial grounds, the Domus...