The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers"—often identified as Castor and Pollux—have stood since antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill, Rome. Napoleon's agents wanted to include them among the classical booty removed from Rome after the 1797 Treaty of Tolentino, but they were too large to be buried or to be moved very far. They are fourth-century Roman copies of Greek originals.
These colossal marble sculptures, known as Castor and Pollux, have stood for centuries near the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill in Rome. Napoleon's agents sought to take them as part of the classical treasures removed from Rome after the 1797 Treaty of Tolentino, but they were too big to be hidden or relocated far. They are copies of Greek originals created in the fourth century BC.