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The Met accessions a marble portrait bust of Gaius (14.37) as a public object

In 1914 the Metropolitan Museum accessioned a Julio-Claudian marble bust identified as Gaius (14.37), now a public collection page. A museum head lets the public test the ‘monster’ caption against a court portrait type. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1914 the Metropolitan Museum accessioned a Julio-Claudian marble bust identified as Gaius (14.37), now a public collection page. The sitter did not sit in New York.

Context

A museum head lets the public test the ‘monster’ caption against a court portrait type. Identification of imperial portraits is specialist and sometimes revised.

Caligula is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Caligula

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.2 · verified

    Princeps as named in later editions and objects. Historians, museums, and later states publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Met — marble portrait bust of Caligula (14.37)Metropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — CaligulaEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCaligula
  2. contributed toFactThe Met accessions a marble portrait bust of Gaius (14.37) as a public object
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). The Met accessions a marble portrait bust of Gaius (14.37) as a public object. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cal-met-bust-1914

https://factrail.ai/facts/cal-met-bust-1914

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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