Reconstruction of a Polychrome Terracotta Temple Pediment
The Capitoline Museums contains the reconstruction of a polychrome terracotta temple pediment dated to the mid 2nd century BC). Discovered in several hundred fragments in the late 19th century in via San Gregorio, the road that runs from the Circus Maximus to the Colosseum, the pediment represents the most complete example of a late Republican temple pediment found in Rome. After 10 years of restoration and study, the pediment was presented in an exhibition in 2002 and is now