The statue of Emperor Augustus occupies a niche on the third level of the stage wall of the Roman theater of Orange. Such location in height allowed the emperor to diffuse his image to the people while recalling his power. Augustus wears a short tunic, a cuirass, and the paludamentum, this coat falling halfway up, held on the right shoulder by a fibula symbolizing military power. The typical Roman pose of the emperor, right hand raised, evokes a general haranguing his troops. As for the swaying posture (contrapposto) of the body, it is inspired by the Doryphoros of Polyclète, as his bare feet give the model the ideal look of a Greek god.