When an ancient statue or sculpture is discovered with no writing, how do they always seem to assign it to someone? Like it’ll just be some random statue and they’re like oh that’s such and such 3rd century Roman nobleman yada yada. Like how do they know? I’ve seen the same with discovered tombs.
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One good example would be Caesars Tusculum bust. We have a pretty good idea of what Caesar looked like due to the coins struck with his likeness. The main reason the Tusculum bust is so interesting is that Caesar was said to have a birth deformity causing premature ossification of the sutures in his skull which causes the elongation on his left side of his head. This is clearly shown in the Tusculum bust. Also we have a pretty good idea that the Tusculum bust was made during or shortly after his death. The Romans during this time tended to go for a much more realistic depiction of the person rather than the exaggerated and embellished features you see later during the Roman Empire era (for example the bust of Constantine).
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