The statue called The Orator is also known as L' Arringatore , or Aulus Metellus , Aule Metele. .The sculpture was made out of bronze during the late second or the early first century BCE and is a Etruscan work of art. Aulus Metellus was an Etruscan senator in the Roman republic, originally from Perugia or Cortona. The Aulus Metellus statue was made for the purpose of a votive offering. A votive offering is an object given to any god of a panhellenic religion as payment for the successful fulfillment of a prayer. This object could be anything from a handmade effigy or, if the giver of the offering is wealthy, a commissioned statue.This idea of the statue being a votive offering is debated and some historians say the statue was an honorary statue, intended for public viewing rather than an offering to the gods. The statue of Aulus Metellus offers us a glimpse of the changing socio-political landscape of the Italian peninsula during the latter first millennium B.C.E.—a period in which sweeping change brought on by the hegemonic fortunes of Rome and its booming population, signalled profound and lasting change for other Italic peoples, including the Etruscans.