jan 1, 7 BC - Head of a Roman Patrician

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Head of a Roman patrician, Republican Roman, c. 75-50 BCE, marble, Museo Torlonia, Rome

The head of a Roman patrician would have been part of a funerary ritual and shows influences of Greek hellenistic art and late Estruscan art. It suggests that the Republican Roman period valued the wisdom that came with old age, as seen through the exaggeration of the man's wrinkles and other elderly features. Thus, Republican Rome seemed to value ideals of virtues, stoicism, determination and foresight.

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