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According to Suetonius, the Roman Emperor Caligula "gave orders that such statues of the gods as were especially famous for their sanctity or for their artistic merit, including that of Zeus at Olympia, should be brought from Greece, in order to remove their heads and put his own in their place."
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What year was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
The statue of Zeus was destroyed in 475 A.D
Why was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
it was riened by a fire and sent off to be destroyed by a jealous king.
What happened to the statue of Zeus?
Nobody is really sure what happened to the statue, some say it was carried off to Constantinople, where it was destroyed in a fire in 475AD. Others say it was destroyed when the temple in which it sat was destroyed in 425AD.
When was the statue of Zeus destroyed?
You will need to be more specific. I think you mean the famous one at Olympia that was destroyed in a fire (it is debated if the fire was at the temple or whether the statue was in Constantinople at the time)
Who were responsible for the statue of Zeus?
Phidias made the Zeus statue at Olympia.
