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"Perhaps my favorite depiction of an ancient elephant 🐘, now at the Getty Villa. Romans believed pigs were one of the best way to scare them, btw."

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  218-217 B.C. At the funeral of the Roman emperor Vespasian (ruled A.D. 69-79), a team of elephants pulled a chariot. The tasseled blankets of the pair carved on the reliefs here suggest that they are trained animals, perhaps part of a military parade.
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  Roman, A.D. 79-96
  Marble
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  Roman, A.D. 79-96
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