New SLAM exhibition brings ancient Rome to life in ‘Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan’

The 7-foot-tall, 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman emperor Trajan, taken from Minturno, is quite an imposing sight. Once, this full-body statue would have been painted in vivid reds, deep purples, bright blues, and other rich hues, but now the pure white cracked marble is unadorned.