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What was a roman portraiture used for?

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Roman portraiture was mainly sculptural portraiture; i.e., busts. The Romans made busts of important people in the same way as later in history there was paining portraiture of important people. Sometimes the state paid for the busts, often the important people themselves paid for them. Ego, prestige and Propaganda were motivators.

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