Author Archives: Maxwell L. Anderson

A marble head of Caracalla, made at the end of his life or shortly after his death, in A.D. 217, shows the emperor as a rough-and-ready soldier. COURTESY METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
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A Roman Emperor’s Tough Guy Image

By Posted 03/01/04

The Met’s portrait of Caracalla is a consummate example of art as propaganda Read More