The Augustus of Prima Porta was discovered in the ruins of a villa that belonged to Livia, the second wife of Augustus, and is named for the village north of Rome in which it was found. Augustus is portrayed as a general and wears a cuirass richly embellished with reliefs depicting the return of the standards lost to the Parthians by Crassus in 53 BC. Around his waist is draped the paludamentum or officer's cloak. Although the statue is beautifully preserved, the fingers of the right hand have been restored and, though they now suggest a gesture of ad locutio or address, may originally have held a lance.