The study considers the different forms of conspicuous consumption displayed within Roman domestic spaces, with particular focus on the House of the Faun in Pompeii. Sumptuary laws aimed at women were used to identify ...

Notwithstanding the extensive research done on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, only a few scholars have attempted to discuss the frequent presence of trauma and catharsis in the episodes of the Metamorphoses. The hypothesis in this ...