The wall painting of the husband and wife can be considered as a portrait because of a number of reasons: the character portrayal of the two subjects, the possi

Just observing and trying to study just these three examples of woman portraits as portraying the entire woman population of that time period would be very hard to do and convince others of that fact. Most of this information comes from frescos, records and of skeletons extracted from the ruins of the city. There may be other aspects of these women's lives that we know nothing about which might change our views of the lifestyle and role women played in the Roman period.

The last of the three Roman female depictions is of the young Flavian woman. The feature that is the most obvious and stands out the most is her curly hair. It seems as though she arranged it a pile and situated it on top of her head instead of having it drape down and over her shoulders. Each individual curl is sculpted as being by itself and not a complete single hair style. The only major difference between her facial features and that of Livia would be her larger mouth and her very long neck. Not only is her neck longer but it seems to long for a female feature. Maybe her neck was embellished a little to show elegance.

The portrait bust of Livia shows her facial features from her neck up. Livia, as was usual in official portraits, is shown in her youth.

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