Sheila Dillon is Assistant Professor of Art History at Duke University. She is the author of the forthcoming Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Styles, and Subjects.
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 (Cambridge, 2005).
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.
