Images Hercules torso. Greek marble, beginning of II century A.D., found in Milan, near the church of San Vito Farnese Hercules. Made by Lisippo. IV century B.C., found in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, National Museum of Naples, Italy Reconstruction of the Roman thermal baths (IV century A.D.)

The statue of Hercules is one of the few pieces of the archaeological museum that were found in their original location. It is a Roman copy of the II century A.D. of a statue made by Lisippo, Greek sculptor from the second half of IV century B.C. The Hercules dates from the II century A.D. It is not entire, having only part of the legs and the torso up to the neck. It was found in the area of the Roman thermal baths in Milan, called the Herculean Thermal Baths in honor of their founder, emperor Maximian Herculius.