Manuel Godoy, genio delle scavazioni. Algunas precisiones acerca de sus descubrimientos arqueológicos en el monte Celio de Roma

Abstract

During his exile, the Spanish politician Manuel Godoy patronized archaeological excavations in his Roman villa, as the napoleonic aristocracy did. The architect Antonio Celles managed the works in the site throughout 1813 and 1815, while he was restoring Godoy’s palace and garden. The famous Socrates and Seneca marble portrait, the only reliable image of the Spanish philosopher –at the present time in the Berlin Museum-, and two statue bases consecrated to Caracalla –key to place the quarters of Cohors V Vigilum of Rome-, were brought to light in these excavations.