H 290 x W 205 mm

346 pages

210 figures, 65 tables (colour throughout)

Published Jun 2026

Archaeopress Archaeology

ISBN

Hardback: 9781805833024

Digital: 9781805833031

DOI 10.32028/9781805833024

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Keywords
Roman art; Macedonia; sculpture; Roman copies; Hellenistic art; Classical art; provincial culture; material culture

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Roman Copies of Classical and Hellenistic Sculptural Types from Macedonia

By Fatima Silvestro

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This book surveys Roman copies of Classical and Hellenistic statues from the province of Macedonia, analysing marble, bronze, reliefs and terracottas across public, private, sacred and funerary contexts (168???BC???Severan age). It offers the first comprehensive study for the region, revealing local tastes and cultural dynamics.

Contents
About the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. History of the study of Roman copies: short overview ??

2. Plan of the work and methodology ??

Chapter One: Sculptural types

Aphrodite ??

Apollo ??

Artemis ??

Asklepios and Asklepiads ??

Athena ??

Demeter ??

Diomedes ??

Dionysos and his thiasos ??

Eros ??

Heracles ??

Herculaneum women ??

Hermes ??

Meleager ??

Nemesis ??

Chapter Two: Statuary Types Known Only from Variants

Aphrodite ??

Hermaphrodite ??

Cybele ????

Epikouros ??

Ganymede ??

Muse (?) ??

Sphinx ????

Chapter Three: Archaeological Contexts

Private space ??

Public space ??

Sacred space ??

Funerary space ??

Chapter Four: Quarries and Workshops

Quarries and workshops in North-western Macedonia ??

Quarries and workshops in Central-southern-western Macedonia ??

Quarries and workshops in Central Macedonia ??

Quarries and workshops in Eastern Macedonia ??

Preliminary conclusions ??

Chapter Five: Conclusions

Paeonia, Derropios, Pelagonia, Lyncestis, Almopia: general discussion ??

Eordaia, Bottiea, Orestis, Elimeia, Pieria: general discussion ??

Crestonia, Mygdonia, Chalkidike: general discussion ??

Sintica, Odomantica, Edonide: general discussion ??

Final overview ??

Chapter Six: Catalogue ??

1. Sculptures ??

2. Reliefs

Bibliography

Appendices

About the Author

Fatima Silvestro studied Archaeology at Roma Tre University and specialised in Archaeological Heritage at the Inter-University School of Trieste, Udine, and Venice. She received her PhD in History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has conducted fieldwork in Borgorose (Latium, Italy) and at the castle of Donoratico (Tuscany, Italy). Finally, she has worked at the Archaeological Museum of San Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna) as a field archaeologist and laboratory assistant, and in the Special Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Rome as an archivist of the finds from the Palatine area.

Publishing Scholarly Archaeology since 1997

Publishing Scholarly Archaeology since 1997

Roman Copies of Classical and Hellenistic Sculptural Types from Macedonia

Contents

About the Author