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From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Pen annotations in list of contributers, overall very good and clean. Includes review of the book. - CONTENTS: List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Introduction, Katherine E. Welch -- 1. The Transformation of Victory into Power: From Event to Structure, Tonio Holscher -- 2. Siege Narrative in Livy: Representation and Reality, Jonathan P. Roth -- 3. Roman Aesthetics and the Spoils of Syracuse, Myles McDonnell -- 4. Domi Militiaeque: Roman Domestic Aesthetics and War Booty in the Republic, Katherine E. Welch -- 5. The Origins of the Roman Scaenae Frons and the Architecture of Triumphal Games in the Second Century b.c., Laura S. Klar -- 6. The Bringer of Victory: Imagery and Institutions at the Advent of Empire, Michael Koortbojian -- 7. Conquest and Desire: Roman Victoria in Public and Provincial Sculpture, Rachel Kousser -- 8. Women on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and the Visual Language of Roman Victory, Sheila Dillon -- 9. Battle Imagery and Politics on the Severan Arch in the Roman Forum, Susann Lusnia -- 10. Readings in the Narrative Literature of Roman Courage, William V Harris -- Bibliography -- Index. - Sheila Dillon is Assistant Professor of Art History at Duke University. She is the author of Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Styles, and Subjects (2006). Katherine Welch is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She is the author of The Roman Amphitheater: From its Origins to the Coliseum (2006). ISBN 9780521848176