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The Kritios Boy is important as it represented all the fundamental flaws presented with the 'Kouros type' sculpture. For example, the Kritios Boy is attempting to breach realism and does this through a sl...

The efforts taken by Augustus to transform the appearance of Rome was to re-establish the city as the great power of the Mediterranean after decades of brutal civil war. The idea of re-building status is ...

Writing under Augustus, Livy composed propogandic material depicting the actions of Cloelia when she acted as a hostage as part of the peace treaty between the Romans and the Etruscans. In the source Cloe...

Many aspects of the Ara Pacis contribute to its importance, both positively and negatively. Its very construction as a religious altar is hugely significant as its traditional Greek style supports Augustu...

Euripides presents the protagonist of his play in a way which inspires both fear and pathos. As a villain she represents the Ancient Greek fear of foreign women, with Medea’s brutal revenge and formidable...