Roman imperial portraiture

Augustus
with a beard of mourning for JC (maybe)
Actium portrait
some locks brushed to the right, others to the left, parted over the right eye
deep creases over the nose
Primaporta portrait
three locks above the nose and eyes consist of two parted at the center, and a third on the right
neck shorter, broader
no deep creases
face more idealized
Forbes portrait
hair all brushed to one side

if he's got a robe pulled over his head, it may be a pontifex maximus depiction

Livia, Octavia, Julia
nodus over the forehead
hair in a bun at the nape of the neck

Tiberius
made to look like the unrelated Augustus
similar hair but without the distinctive arrangement of locks over the forehead
broader cranium (Claudian characteristic)


Caligula

Claudius

Nero
boy prince
emperor
dissolute

corkscrew curls