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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 4612241, member: 10613"]The thick-necked bust types with short cropped hair started during the Tetrarchic period. It was meant to to make the rulers more homogeneous, to de-emphasize individuality and stress the cooperation of the Tetrarchy and perhaps emphasize military standards to reflect the rulers as military men. You can see the change on the coinage. First a Diocletian from struck A.D. 285 from Rome</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142318[/ATTACH] </p><p>15 years later and the portrait style is completely different</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 4612241, member: 10613"]The thick-necked bust types with short cropped hair started during the Tetrarchic period. It was meant to to make the rulers more homogeneous, to de-emphasize individuality and stress the cooperation of the Tetrarchy and perhaps emphasize military standards to reflect the rulers as military men. You can see the change on the coinage. First a Diocletian from struck A.D. 285 from Rome [ATTACH=full]1142318[/ATTACH] 15 years later and the portrait style is completely different [ATTACH=full]1142319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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