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Statue at the Museum of the Ancient Afora at the Stoa of Attalos in Athens, Greece

Portrait head of Ailius Verus (?) from the 2nd century AD. Ailius Verus was Caesar, adopted as emperor Hadrian's heir. He died too soon to succeed him. The Stoa of Attalos is a 1950s recreation of a long pavilion that was originally built around 150 BC. It was part of the Ancient Agora (market). It now houses the Museum of the Ancient Agora, which includes clay, bronze and glass objects, sculptures, coins and inscriptions from the 7th to the 5th century BC, as well as pottery of the Byzantine period and the Turkish conquest.

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Statue at the Museum of the Ancient Afora at the Stoa of Attalos in Athens, Greece (1390518091218).tif
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Portrait head of Ailius Verus (?) from the 2nd century AD. Ailius Verus was Caesar, adopted as emperor Hadrian's heir. He died too soon to succeed him. The Stoa of Attalos is a 1950s recreation of a long pavilion that was originally built around 150 BC. It was part of the Ancient Agora (market). It now houses the Museum of the Ancient Agora, which includes clay, bronze and glass objects, sculptures, coins and inscriptions from the 7th to the 5th century BC, as well as pottery of the Byzantine period and the Turkish conquest.