"Winged Victory" of Ancient Brixia

"Brescia the heavy,
"Brescia the strong,
"Brescia Lion of Italy"

-- Poet Giosuè Carducci,

Alcaic ode to Brescia’s

Winged Victory

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Found in 1826 near the Capitoline Temple of Roman Brixia, the bronze statue originally portrayed Venus looking at her reflection on Ares’s shield
'The Winged Victory in Brescia: from Venus to Nike'
 

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