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Roman Portrait from Crimea Identified After Two Millennia: Scientists Name the Woman as Laodike
A 2,000-year-old marble portrait discovered in Crimea has finally revealed its secret.An international team of researchers from Poland and Spain identified the sculpture as depicting Laodike, a Roman woman who lived in the early centuries of the Empire and held a prominent social position in the ancient city of Chersonesos. Rediscovering a Forgotten Roman Lady…