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