A statue of the emperor Claudius as the god Jupiter, now at the ancient Roman altar known as the Ara Pacis, was used as a model for the pose and draping, which was originally in bronze.

Jupiter is known as the king of gods in Roman mythology and, at the time of their empire, was the ultimate symbol of power, ...

Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars. State worship was much more formal: ... Each god needed an image – usually a statue or relief in stone or bronze ...

Historians believe the original statue depicted the god Jupiter, before Constantine had it rededicated to himself.

Experts Recreate Looming 43-Foot-Tall Statue of Constantine ... recent research indicates that the ancient sculpture was reworked from another large-scale statue, which depicted the god Jupiter.