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13th century; twins by Antonio Pallaiuolo, end of15th century) is in the Captoline Museums in Rome. The copy was donated 1938 in fascist Mussolini times by the city of Rome to Chiusi on occasion of the 2000th years return of first Roman Emperor Augustus. The inscription at the monument reads: "Questo simbolo di patria virtú - Dono di Roma Madre - Nel II. Millenio di Augusto Ricorda qui e suggella vincoli sacri D`Antica civiltá e d`Impero - Anno 1938" ("This symbol of virtue homeland - gift of mother Rome - in the second millenium of Caesar Augustus remembers here and seals sacred bonds of ancient civilization and Empire year 1938");.
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