A colossal marble head depicting an adult man with flowing hair and a focused expression has been discovered in Trajan’s Forum in Rome. The find comes from excavations on the Via Alessandrina, on the site of the former Porticus Trisigmentata—a monumental colonnade that served as the entrance to Trajan’s Forum.
The head likely formed part of a massive statue, but it was not in its original location – it was reused in the Middle Ages as a building material. Archaeologists speculate that it may represent the god Bacchus or the Emperor Trajan, as the sculpture bears characteristics of official imperial art from 105–115 CE.
The object will now undergo analysis and conservation, and once the research is complete, it will be transferred to the Imperial Forum Museum.
