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Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture
Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture
Author: Harriet I. Flower
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 pu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199240241
ISBN-10: 0199240248
Publication Date: 12/27/1999
Pages: 436
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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