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Augustus of Prima Porta (Italian: Augusto di Prima Porta) is a 2.03m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar which was discovered on April 20 1863 in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta near Rome. Augustus Caesar’s wife Livia Drusilla now known as Julia Augusta retired to the villa after his death. The sculpture is now displayed in the Braccio Nuovo of the Vatican Museums.
