Roman statuette

Timeline

1. c. 1–150Pompeii · CampaniaIn early imperial Italian households small bronze images of Lares and household gods stood in shrines, alongside small statues imitating famous Greek works of gods and athletes, reflecting Hellenistic aesthetics permeating Roman daily life.
2. c. 150–300Rome · LazioIn the 2nd to 3rd centuries the institutionalized imperial cult placed small statues of emperors and imperial family members in military camps, provincial towns, and household shrines; bronze and terracotta pieces spread visual symbols of imperial authority in standardized forms.
3. c. 300–450Gaul · GaulIn the 3rd to 4th centuries workshops in Gaul, Britain, and the Rhineland produced statuettes blending Celtic and Roman elements, including local gods, warriors, and animals, showing the provincial localization of imperial art.
4. c. 450–500Constantinople · ByzantineAfter Christianity became the state religion in the 5th century, statuettes of pagan gods gradually declined, replaced by saints and crosses, yet classical statuette forms and workshop techniques were inherited by Byzantine religious sculpture.