Rutledge, Steven H.,  1963- <br/><br/>
Ancient Rome as a museum :  power, identity, and the culture of collecting / 
Steven H. Rutledge. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2012. 
 - xxiv, 395 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
 - Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation .
 - Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-337) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: museums and muses -- Collecting and acquisition -- Viewing, appreciating, understanding -- Displaying domination: spoils, war commemoratives, and competition -- Constructing social identity: pietas, women and the Roman house -- The monster and the map -- Imperial collections and the narrative of the Princeps -- Access and upkeep. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199573233 (hbk. : alk. paper)  RM457.34 0199573239 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art objects--Collectors and collecting--Rome.<br/>National characteristics, Roman.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rome--Civilization.