The tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces the baker is one of the largest and best-preserved freedman funerary monuments in Rome. Its sculpted frieze is a classic example of the “plebeian style” in Roman sculpture. Eurysaces built the tomb for himself and perhaps also his wife Atistia around the end of the Republic (ca. 50-20 BC). Located in a prominent position just outside today’s Porta Maggiore, the tomb was transformed by its incorporation in the Aurelian Wall; a tower subseq http://ift.tt/2mRDsEo
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