Pondering the Capitoline She Wolf while trying to deal with a major virus problem on my wife's computer (don't let your kids' friends touch your computers during a sleepover), and thinking about James Pfundstein's (Classics list) doubts about radio carbon dating of the bronze statue, a thought occurred to me. Scratch my previous pondering about the effects of lightning affecting carbon dating, and add questioning about the effects a fire would have. The Capitoline She Wolf is thought to have been in the Lateran Palace for a while (trials and executions (maybe) were held near "the wolf" some time after the 10th century ... this is mentioned in the Wikipedia article on the She Wolf but I know I've read it somewhere else). But we also know that there were a pile of fires in the Lateran -- is it just a coincidence that there were two major fires in the 14th century (1306 and 1361) and this period coincides with the date currently being assigned to the piece?

On a semi-related note ... does anyone know/recall whether that statue called 'The Orator'/Arringatore was cast in one piece?