Ancient Rome as a museum : power, identity, and the culture of collecting - Rutledge, Steven H., 1963- (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-337) and indexes.
Keywords: Art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- Rome; National characteristics, Roman; Rome -- Civilization