Rome, from 14 January to 19 March 2000, pays tribute to the Samnites and their masterpieces. Sent to the capital from Naples and Avellino, Capua and Benevento, Molise, they can be seen in the spaces of the National Museum of Rome at the Baths of Diocletian, in a surprising exhibition. This catalogue reproduces the materials of the exhibition.
[Studies on the Italy of the Samnites] Rome, from 14 January to 19 March 2000, pays tribute to the Samnites and their masterpieces. Sent to the capital from Naples and Avellino, Capua and Benevento, Molise, they can be seen in the spaces of the National Museum of Rome at the Baths of Diocletian, in a surprising exhibition in which 70% of the material on display is not normally visible for the general public.
This catalogue reproduces the materials of the exhibition: simple, imposing works in terracotta, crafted bronze and armor, helmets and daggers; chisels and statues, jewelry, silver, Attic vases.
“It is increasingly clear that until 290 BC, when they were defeated by Rome, the Samnites were truly a great civilization. The exhibition begins with the earliest evidence of that civilization, all the way to the massacres of Sulla, the surviving artworks, the definitive Roman order”.
350 images, drawings, cartographic reconstructions, accompanied by captions and authoritative texts.