Exam 7: Preparing for the Afterlife During the Early Empire

The baker Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces enjoyed heightened social status as a libertus, or

Personal taste played very little part in the standardized form of monumental tombs during the Augustan period.

The epitaphs on Roman tombs such as that of Publius Vesonius Phileros often requested passersby to

The portrait bust reliefs of freedmen emulate what part of patrician society?

In general, tombs of the Late Republican and Early Imperial period embody what core characteristic of Roman art?

Petronius's fictional character Trimalchio provides insight into

Discuss at least two examples of monumental tombs from the Augustan period, and explain what the imagery can reveal about the patrons.

Discuss the disparity of artistic styles that occurs in the Tomb of the Haterii.

In art, the equation of size and rank is called

A bulla worn around a boy's neck, such as in the Relief of the Servilii, indicated that

Augustus most likely chose a tumulus form for his tomb in order to associate himself with

Explain where monumental tombs tended to be located and why they were located there.

The imagery and inscription on the Relief of the Servilii commemorates

What aspect did Augustus's tomb share with the mid-fourth-century BCE tomb of Mausolos at Halikarnassos in Asia Minor?

Discuss what Petronius's fictional character Trimalchio reveals about funerary monuments of the Augustan era.

Explain how plebeian art diverged from the Classicizing style that Augustus promoted.

Discuss how social standing and artistic taste could be linked in Augustan society.

The most common type of relief format on the tombs of freedmen was

Describe the forms and functions of funerary portrait reliefs of freedmen.

When did Octavian begin construction on his mausoleum?