Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife

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Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife
The statue, which depicts a celtic warrior killing himself and his wife, is also known as theGalata Ludovisi. It is a roman copy of an original grecian bronze commissioned by Attalus I in 220 B.C. to celebrate his victory against the population of Gaul and was part of the same series to which the Gaul Dying belonged, now held at the Capitoline Museums.