That’s an interesting project! It really brings these guys to life.
- Vespasian was LBJ.
- Augustus looked kinda like Daniel Craig
- Nerva looked like crochety old character actor John Anderson
- Aemilian was our old Other Crap favorite, F. Murray Abraham.
- Florianus was Artie Lange after an especially debauched evening.
- Gordian III was Scott Baio.
- Titus was a morph of Tom Arnold and Art Garfunkel.
- According to this, Commodus looked like Dennis Rodman, not Joaquin Phoenix. I can’t reconcile that with his busts.
Their appearances, as pictured here, cause me to judge them with prejudice. I know, for example, that Titus was one of the more capable and virtuous (if short-lived) emperors, but it’s difficult to picture that because he looks like a doofus.
They all look like they’re from the UK.
Since I live in the US and not the UK or Europe, I do not know why you say that. You cannot see their teeth, after all,
Always hard to shake the mental images of Brian Blessed, George Baker, John Hurt & Derek Jacobi for 1 through 4.
VERY true, Bill Deecee. Claudius looks far too hale and hearty here.
Hadrian is the looker in the bunch.
Maybe so, but Florianus is laugh-out-loud funny!
Didn’t last three months before his own army killed him. Probably so they wouldn’t have to look at him anymore.