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Published by Cambridge University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0521775434ISBN 13: 9780521775434
Seller: West Cove UK, Wellington, United Kingdom
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. Name in front. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> It has generally been dated in the second half of the second century B.C., between 120 and 100, on the basis of both archaeological and stylistic evidence, such as the trompe l'oeil geometric pattern of its perspectival border with its four rosettes, one on each corner. Strictly speaking, then, it is a Roman work, fitting into a Roman context, if we understand "Roman" as a chronological term, in this particular case mostly designating the era of the later Roman Republic. The full complexity of the term has been unraveled by Otto Brendel, who elucidated the multiple meanings ? temporal, geographical, cultural, ethnic the designation Roman has come to encompass in scholarly analysis. As will be discussed in Chapter 7 of this book, the Pompeian cultural environment that saw the creation of the Alexander Mosaic.