The roman portrait tradition have the origin that I have wrote. And is a tradition of personal portrait (also if in the earlier their "personal" tracts are very questionables). During the centuries this kind of personal representation became a model for personal representation of "upper class"; already in high republican age. In imperial age this model was mature and differentiated, and penetrates in Egipt, like in others parts of empire. The portraits that you've showed are an exemple of this penetration of this model that was "purely" roman. Also if the people represented are egiptians; but they partecipate to "new" model of dominant class. This is not unbilieveble; this is normal: in every time and every place are several foreign models that represent your proper self-vision; to communicate own class or own profession.

You speak only under protection of your sources... Do you have an original thought and opinion?
I'm an archaeologist, and I've sudied and I study every time. But I have mostly my personal opinion.

This is a synthesis which I've wrote in italian language. You know another language out of english? Now I go to babbing with another idiot like you.

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