Cosa, a small Roman town, has been excavated since 1948 by the
American Academy in Rome. This new volume presents the surviving
sculpture and furniture in marble and other stones and examines
their nature and uses. These artifacts provide an insight into not
just life in a small Roman town but also its embellishment mainly
from the late Republic and through the early Empire to the time of
Hadrian. While public statuary is not well preserved, stone and
marble material from the private sphere are well represented;
domestic sculpture and furniture from the third century BCE to the
first CE form by far the largest category of objects. The presence
of these materials in both public and private spheres sheds light
on the wealth of the town and individual families. The comparative
briefness of Cosa's life means that this material is more easily
comprehensible as a whole for the entire town as excavated,
compared for instance to the much larger cities of Pompeii and
Herculaneum.
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