The Romans brought forth the massive development in sculpture / which derived itself form the greeks,
With their ability to capture the beauty of the human body, the detail was impeccable, you will also find in this era that a lot of the sculptures were nude, a lot of their sports were dangerous such as lions taking on gladiators.
Below the sculpture dedicated to the legend of Romes beginning. ( she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus)
The Romans early art was influenced by the Greeks and their neighbors the Etruscans, whose specialty was to carve tomb sized pictures out of a dark material named terracotta. Terracotta was also used by the chinese to carve warrior statues to be buried with the emperor.
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