Propylaeum

A particularly impressive example of Romanization were the funerary monuments with which the new elites in the provinces created representative monuments for posterity. Tombs served not only to commemorate a person, but also to represent the family. The adoption or transformation of Roman status symbols by locals in the provinces is therefore a measure of Romanization. The study shows where the models came from, which social groups conveyed them, and which took them up and even developed them further.