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Serves as a representative sampling of the contemporary scholarship on Piranesi, with each essay scrutinizing a particular aspect of his oeuvre. By engaging with material found in eighteenth-century manuscripts, as well as texts and images Piranesi produced, this work offers a portrait of Piranesi's life and work.

A study of an important class of ceramics from the key coastal colonial site of Cosa in southwest Tuscany, this work documents the rise of Republican Rome to dominance in central Italy in the third and second centuries BC. It catalogues and analyzes five deposits of black-glaze pottery from Cosa.

Cosa, a small Roman town, has been excavated since 1948 by the American Academy in Rome. This new volume presents the surviving sculpture and furniture in marble and other stones and examines their nature and uses.

Looks at the various heroes or the paternal figures, both mythological and historical, that gave inspiration to leaders and authors. This boo demonstrates the importance of figures in inspiring imitation and assimilation in the creation of new identities. It features scholars and essays from a range of fields, including literature and art.

With contributions from scholars from around the world, this volume builds upon the American Academy in Rome's first volume on Rome's maritime life, ""The Seaborne Commerce of Ancient Rome: Studies in Archaeology and History"".