Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture
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Flower explains why the Roman elite commemorated politically prominent family members with wax masks worn by actors at the funerals of the deceased. She looks at literary sources, legal texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, and art, tracing the functional evolution of ancestor masks, from the third century BC to the sixth century AD. By putting these masks into their legal, social, and political context, Flower elucidates their central position...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198150180
ISBN13:9780198150183
Release Date:February 1997
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:428 Pages
Weight:1.58 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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