Republican Roman Portraiture and Verism (c. 200–27 BCE)

1. Polybius describes imagines in aristocratic funerals

   Jan 1, 150 BCELabels: Polybius, Imagines

   • Polybius UChicago
   • Cambridge Hopkins

2. Delos pseudo-athlete type blends verism and Classicism

   Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Delos, Pseudo-athlete

   • Pseudo athlete

3. Realistic portraiture flourishes around 100 BCE

   Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Realistic portraiture, Rome

   • Britannica

4. Aulus Metellus (Arringatore) created in late Republic

   Jan 1, 91 BCELabels: Aulus Metellus, Arringatore

   • Museo Omero
   • Cornell Cast

5. Sullan era helps anchor early Late-Republican portrait chronology

   Jan 1, 82 BCELabels: Sulla, Coin-portraits

   • Britannica

6. Verism reaches a stark “linear” climax (c. 75–65 BCE)

   Jan 1, 75 BCELabels: Verism peak, Vatican head

   • Britannica

7. Head of a Roman patrician type exemplifies veristic style

   Jan 1, 75 BCELabels: Patrician head, Marble portrait

   • Britannica

8. Barberini Togatus illustrates ancestor-display ideology

   Jan 1, 50 BCELabels: Barberini Togatus, Ancestor display

   • UB Libraries
   • Togato Barberini

9. Verism remains debated as record versus rhetorical exaggeration

   Jan 1, 50 BCELabels: Verism debate, Scholarly debate

   • Verism

10. Late Republic: portraiture dominates Roman sculptural culture

    Jan 1, 50 BCELabels: Late Republic, Portraiture

    • Classical sculpture

11. Augustus’ rise initiates a shift away from Republican verism

    Jan 1, 27 BCELabels: Augustus, Imperial portraiture

    • Verism

12. End of Roman Republic marks verism’s political recontextualization

    Jan 1, 27 BCELabels: End of, Political shift

    • Verism