Ancient statue

Augustus

63 BCE–14

Where you meet Augustus

Cut-out detail; background removed. Stone disc with two holes at the archaeological site of Perperikon. — Kritzolina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A legend tells of Gaius Octavius, father of the future emperor Augustus.

Scene 4 · Perperikon

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Sculpted portrait · Carole Raddato (photograph); ancient sculptor unknown · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gaius Octavius
Mosaic · Unknown ancient mosaicist · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Alexander the Great
Not a portrait · National Library of France (digitisation; photographer not credited) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons / National Library of France
Marcus Lucullus
Sculpted portrait · Richard Mortel (photograph); ancient sculptor unknown · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Philip II
Sculpted portrait · Djehouty (photograph); ancient sculptor unknown · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hadrian
Sculpted portrait · Shinjirod (photograph); ancient sculptor unknown · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Galerius

Antiquity

Perperikon

Sources

Agence France-Presse; interview with excavation director Nikolay Ovcharov Oracle of Dionysus found in Bulgaria? eKathimerini · 2003
Pia Guldager Bilde; Birgitte Bøgh; Søren Handberg; Jakob Munk Højte; Jens Nieling; Tatiana Smekalova; Vladimir Stolba Archaeology in the Black Sea Region in Classical Antiquity 1993–2007: Thracian inland sites PDF Archaeological Reports · 2008 · 54 · 123–124
Българско национално радио; интервю с Николай Овчаров Перперикон – един от най-популярните български археологически обекти в чуждите медии Радио България: История и вяра · 2010

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Община Кърджали / Municipality of Kardzhali Водохранилище / Water reservoir Visit Kardzhali: official municipal tourism portal
Taner Güler “The Rugged Jaw of The Sea”: A Coastal Settlement of Salmydessos in Eastern Thrace Septem Artes · 2025 · 3 · 47–61
Йордан Илиев Родопите и прорицалището на Дионис в Древна Тракия PDF Докторантски и постдокторантски четения 2011. ИФ–94. Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“; съст. Антоан Тонев, Антоанета Петкова, Цветелина Харалампиева · 2013 · 5–22
Николай Димитров Овчаров; НАИМ–БАН Индивидуален отчет: резултати от научната дейност, §1.1 PDF Национален археологически институт с музей: Годишен отчет за 2016 г. София · 2017 · 151–152
Georgi Nekhrizov; National Archaeological Institute with Museum, BAS Curriculum Vitae PDF NAIM–BAS
Николай Овчаров Перперикон след Перперикон. Към историята на османското завоевание на Балканите / Perperikon after Perperikon. On the History of the Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans Годишник на Историческия факултет на ВТУ „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“ · 2021 · 5 · 83–107
Kritzolina Archaeological complex of Perperikon 08.jpg Wikimedia Commons · 2018
Kritzolina Archaeological complex of Perperikon 10.jpg Wikimedia Commons · 2018
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus; English translation J. C. Rolfe The Lives of the Caesars, Volume I: Augustus Loeb Classical Library 31; William Heinemann / Macmillan; digital transcription Bill Thayer, LacusCurtius, University of Chicago · 1913 · Augustus 94
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Wikimedia geographical database contributors Perperikon Wikidata
Gale Augustus Encyclopedia.com, biographical encyclopedia

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Justin Benttinen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ancient statue · 1st century · detail

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Where you meet Augustus

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