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A new portrait of Commodus - R. R. R. Smith, and Christian Niederhuber. 2023. Commodus. The Public Image of a Roman Emperor. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Pp. 122, 99 plates. ISBN: 9783752007640.

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R. R. R. Smith, and Christian Niederhuber. 2023. Commodus. The Public Image of a Roman Emperor. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Pp. 122, 99 plates. ISBN: 9783752007640.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

Olivier Hekster
Olivier Hekster*
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Radboud University, Nijmegen
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , First View , pp. 1 - 6
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