Roman 下水管 作品 明らかにする／漏らす statue of emperor 提起する／ポーズをとるing as Hercules
ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor 提起する／ポーズをとるing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during 下水管 修理 作品 近づく the Appia Antica (Appian Way), 古代の Rome's first 主要道路.
It 現れるd, 直面する first, as a 脅迫者 was 涙／ほころびing through old pipelines that needed 取って代わるing. An archaeologist 監督するing the work すぐに 介入するd.
"This 直面する appeared, and it was then すぐに identified as a character dressed as Hercules," Francesca Romana Paolillo, archaeologist at the Appia Antica park, told Reuters.
The marble sculpture, showing a Hercules-like 人物／姿／数字 with the hero's trademark lion 肌 and club, was 明らかにするd on Jan. 25 at the Scott Park, part of the Appia Antica green area.
It shows frown lines on the forehead that are typical of depictions of emperors from the 3rd century, a time of 深い 危機 for the Roman Empire.
The sculpture 耐えるs a "fair resemblance" to Emperor Decius, who 支配するd Rome from 249 to 251 AD, Paolillo said, 追加するing it was "やめる rare" to find Herculean depictions of Roman leaders.
The statue, which consists of several broken pieces and which 苦しむd some 偶発の 損失 during its chance 発見, is 現在／一般に 存在 cleaned and 回復するd.
Reuters saw it while 蓄える／店d in an 古代の Roman water 貯蔵所 now repurposed as a 倉庫／問屋. Once 修理d, the statue is 推定する／予想するd to be placed on public 陳列する，発揮する.
Decius was the first Roman emperor to be killed in 戦う／戦い - fighting against the Goths in modern day Bulgaria - and was behind the first organised 迫害 of Christians.
With Rome's 古代の history, chance 発見s of archaeological treasures are not unusual when th e city's streets or parks are excavated.
In January, archaeologists said they had abandoned a 追求（する），探索（する） to find the remains of the 開始 stretch of the Appian Way, because 地下組織の water made it impossible to dig 深い enough. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Alessandro D'Angelo and Gabriele Pileri, 令状ing by Alvise Armellini, editing by Ben Dangerfield)
