This lecture by Eve D’Ambra, surveys the portraits of imperial women from the Flavians through Hadrian (late-first through mid-second century CE) to consider how their images stood apart or remained indistinct from those of the cohort of Roman women. A rich archaeological record of inscriptions, coins, and statuary is only beginning to be appraised (or re-appraised) by scholars interested in the “soft” power of court women, family dynamics, and women’s traditional roles in religion and patronage of the period.

Monday, November 11 | 5:30 p.m. | Science Hall 181

SPONSORED BY THE LUIGI AND ANITA TRAVERSO ENDOWMENT FOR ITALIAN STUDIES with additional support from THE ITALIAN STUDIES PROGRAM | THE ITALIAN CLUB | THE DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES & CULTURES | THE ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT

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Detail: Panel painting of a woman in a blue mantle, A.D. 54–68. The Met Fifth Avenue