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The story of the <em>summi viri<\/em> collection cannot be separated from its public life. Many have presented the <em>summi viri<\/em> and indeed the entire forum as an ideological production. That fits a reading of the monument itself, but the collection was not a static record of Rome&rsquo;s past. Rather, if we look at its public life, especially the ways in which it was viewed and reproduced, we see that its meanings were much more dynamic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The academic literature on monuments has boomed in the last 30 years. Together with museums, tourist sites, and community rituals, monuments play a key role in the construction of the past. This article examines how monuments worked in the Roman world. 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