Roman statue of Faun in impluvium

Roman statue – made of bronze – showing the dancing Faun. The object is located in the middle of the impluvium (rainwater pool) in the House of the Faun (Pompeii). Artifact dated to the 2nd century BCE.

Faun was a fertility deity half-human and half-goat in shape. Identified with the Greek Satyr.

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Gallic Wars Conquest of Italy by Rome Second Punic War Cicero Gaius Julius Caesar