Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture
Harriet I. (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Flower
Oxford University Press, 1999
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Harriet Flower explains the reasons behind the use of wax masks in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome. She traces the evolution of ancestor masks, and puts them into their legal, social, political and symbolic context.
- ISBN-13
- 9780199240241
- ISBN-10
- 0199240248
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1999
- Publication date
- 1999-10-28
- Pages
- 434
- Dimensions
- 216x140x23
- Weight
- 544