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Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

by Mary Beard

From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book—again

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9780691222363