Editing Statue (section)

====Politics====
For a successful Greek or Roman politician or businessman (who donated considerable sums to public projects for the honour), having a public statue, preferably in the local [[Forum (Roman)|forum]] or the grounds of a [[Roman temple|temple]] was an important confirmation of status, and these sites filled up with statues on [[plinth]]s (mostly smaller than those of their 19th century equivalents).  Fragments in Rome of a [[bronze colossus of Constantine]] and the marble [[colossus of Constantine]] show the enormous scale of some imperial statues; other examples are recorded, notably one of [[Nero]].

The [[wonders of the world]] include several statues from antiquity, with the [[Colossus of Rhodes]] and the [[Statue of Zeus at Olympia]] among the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].