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RUTLEDGE, S., Ancient Rome as a Museum. Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting. Oxford University Press, 2012. 424p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation. it makes sense to claim that late Republican and Imperial Rome was, in effect, a museum. The virtue of Steven H. Rutledge's Ancient Rome as a Museum lies in its revolution of the paradox ... What were rare books to a fighting machine? Must Rome become a nation of curators? Rutledge explores this dilemma sympathetically, reaching far beyond the logic whereby precious things and natural curiosities were merely symbols of territorial gain. Nigel Spivey, Times Literary Supplement 20/12/2012 the examination of power and constructed identities as an integral element...is superbly and clearly articulated. CHOICE April 2013 (Publisher's information). € 169.85 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199573233