Augustus had outlived his preferred heirs - his two grandsons. So when he died, it was his son-in-law, Tiberius, who became emperor. Tiberius knew he was not first choice. So did everybody else ...

Our head comes from this time, a year or two after Augustus became emperor. It was once part of a full-length statue that showed him as a warrior, slightly larger than life-sized. It's broken off ...

Plenty of folklore swirls around two haunting, allegorical statues representing grief. The original piece, sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and shown here, peacefully sits atop the Adams ...