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Civic Monuments and the Augustales in Roman Italy (Hardcover)
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Civic Monuments and the Augustales in Roman Italy (Hardcover)
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The combination of portrait statue, monumental support, and public
lettering was considered emblematic of Roman public space even in
antiquity. This book examines ancient Roman statues and their
bases, tombs, dedicatory altars, and panels commemorating gifts of
civic beneficence made by the Augustales, civic groups composed
primarily of wealthy ex-slaves. Margaret L. Laird examines how
these monuments functioned as protagonists in their built and
social environments by focusing on archaeologically attested
commissions made by the Augustales in Roman Italian towns.
Integrating methodologies from art history, architectural history,
social history, and epigraphy with archaeological and sociological
theories of community, she considers how dedications and their
accompanying inscriptions created webs of association and
transformed places of display into sites of local history.
Understanding how these objects functioned in ancient cities, the
book argues, illuminates how ordinary Romans combined public
lettering, honorific portraits, emperor worship, and civic
philanthropy to express their communal identities.
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