Private Lives, Imperial Virtues: Frieze of the Forum Transitorium in Rome [Hardcover]

Eve D'ambra (Author)

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (11 Mar 1993)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0691040974
ISBN-13: 978-0691040974
Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17.1 x 1.9 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,753,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In this interpretation of the frieze, built by Domitian in the 1st century AD, the author examines how art depicting mythological themes served as an instrument of social policy in the Roman Empire. She proposes that the frieze represented both a cautionary tale and a model of domestic virtue.

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An Excellent Study of Domitian and His Forum 22 Mar 1999

By D. A Wend - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Hardcover

The subject of this book, the remains of the Forum Transitorium, may seem quite dry but the author makes her subject an interesting one.

Aside from the review of the architectual remains, Eve D'Ambra includes a lot of information about Domitian and his view of morality and piety. One is left with a greater understanding of the last of the Flavians, his place in the history of Rome and the message he wished his subject to learn through the building of his forum.

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