CLST 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Crab Claw Sail, Denarius, Toga
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Marks of different priest hoods that augustus came to occupy. Normally people on occupy one of these priest hoods, but augustus as unique accumulation of offices. Portrait of augustus 29-25 bce (in egypt) bronze. Shown as being quite youthful, no sign of wrinkling on face, very little facial structure underneath the surface/skin no sense of muscle, bone, simply a volume. Hair is arranged over forehead in series of comet shaped blocks. Half of hair is swept to one side, half to the other swallow tail part in the middle. Crab claw hair in the middle of forehead. Eyes glass to give a blue shine. Head was hacked off violently taken as a piece of war booty, represents the emperor himself, taken symbolically. Portrait of augustus as priest 27 bce 14 ce (rome) Wearing a toga indicated by the curved hems. Majesty of the authority to make a public sacrifice for the roman state veil over the head symbolizes this.
