A 100-foot statue of himself – the Colossus of Nero. While Biden is nowhere near the murderous megalomaniac that Nero was, his chase for glory by any means necessary is eerily similar.

Instead, it’s named after the Colossus of Nero, a nearly 100-foot-tall bronze statue of (and commissioned by) Emperor Nero.

While not the largest ever built – the infamous bronze Colossus of Nero was over 30 metres high – “it is the largest among those preserved,” he said.

Colossal statues were very popular in antiquity, as evidenced by the lost giant statues of the Colossus of Rhodes and the Colossus of Nero.

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Although the Colossus is not the largest statue ever built - the bronze Colossus of Nero was almost 100ft tall - "it is the largest among those preserved," Parisi Presicce said.

The Colossus of Nero, as it came to be known, was 120 feet of upright bronze, self-commemorating a tyrant who had -- among other acts of depravity -- murdered his own mother.

Some said a plot arose from Nero’s dislike of the ancient construction and desire to build his own lush palace and a “30-meter-tall statue of himself, the colossus of Nero.” ...

It was named after the Colossus, the 120-foot bronze statue commissioned by (and perhaps originally representing) Nero that was part of the display of the Golden House and continued to stand near the ...

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