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Eric R. VarnerAssociate Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Yale University, 1993
Research Interests
Roman portrait sculpture; Imperial iconography; Roman women; monuments and topography of ancient Rome.
Selected Publications
Books
![]() | Golden Excess: Art and the Aesthetics of the Incredible in Neronian Rome (Leiden: Brill, 2025) |
![]() | Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture (Leiden: Brill, 2004) |
![]() | From Caligula to Constantine: Tyranny and Transformation in Roman Portraiture (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2000) |
Articles
Articles on Roman portraiture, iconography of Roman empresses, and portraiture and religion in Roman North Africa
Selected Seminars
Roman portraiture; imperial iconography; images of women in Roman art



