The Last Statues of Antiquity is the first comprehensive survey of Roman honorific statues in the public realm in Late Antiquity, offering a richly illustrated pan-Empire exploration of the reasons behind the decline and eventual disppearance of Roman statuary c.AD 250-650, examining variations between regions, cities, and the honorands.

• Preface


• List of Figures


• Abbreviations


• Contributors


• 1: R. R. R. Smith: Statue Practice in the late Roman Empire: Numbers, Costumes, and Style


• 2: Bryan Ward-Perkins: Statues at the End of Antiquity: The Evidence of the Inscribed Bases


• REGIONS


• 3: Carlos Machado: Italy


• 4: Gabriel de Bruyn and Carlos Machado: North Africa


• 5: Christian Witschel: Hispania, Gallia, and Raetia


• 6: Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins: Danube Provinces and North Balkans


• 7: Ulrich Gehn: Greek Mainland and Islands


• 8: Julia Lenaghan: Asia Minor


• 9: Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins: Egypt, Near East, and Cyprus


• CITIES


• 10: Carlos Machado with Julia Lenaghan: Rome


• 11: Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins: Constantinople


• 12: R. R. R. Smith: Aphrodisias


• 13: Joanna Auinger and Alexander Sokolicek: Ephesus


• 14: Amelia Brown: Corinth


• 15: Ulrich Gehn: Athens


• 16: Francesca Bigi and Ignazio Tantillo: Lepcis Magna


• 17: Francesca Bigi and Ignazio Tantillo: Gortyn


• CHRONOLOGY, HONORANDS, STYLE


• 18: Silja Spranger: Third Century, from Alexander Severus to Carinus


• 19: Marietta Horster: Provincial Governors and Senatorial Office-holders


• 20: Kathrin Schade: Women


• 21: Julia Lenaghan: Cultural Heroes


• 22: Julia Lenaghan: Fourth-century Portrait Sculpture and Re-use


• 23: Marianne Bergmann and Martin Kovacs: Portrait Style


• 24: Bryan Ward-Perkins: The End of the Statue Habit, AD 284-620


• Concordance


• Bibliography


• Index

R. R. R. Smith is Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford.
Bryan Ward-Perkins is Director of the Ertegun Programme and Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Oxford.