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The Scent of Ancient Rome in St. Louis

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The Scent of Ancient Rome in St. Louis
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Unknown artist, “Statue of Trajan from Minturno” (end of the 1st century–beginning of the 2nd century CE), marble, to the left of four marble busts (image courtesy the Saint Louis Art Museum, all other photos Eileen G’Sell/Hyperallergic)ST. LOUIS — A lilac arcade of undulating arches, a box redolent of honey and rose petals, a slender-necked vessel of iridescent glass. Flouting the masculine connotations of the Roman Empire, Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the T

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