Larry F. Ball received his B.A. in Classics and archaeology from Oberlin college in 1978, and his Ph.D. in ancient Roman art from the University of Virginia in 1987. He has been a regular member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and a Mellon fellow of the American Academy in Rome. He has taught Art History at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and ancient history at the American University in Washington, DC. He has been at UWSP since 1991. His research field is Imperial Roman architecture, concentrating on Nero's Palace in Rome, the Domus Aurea, and in the civic architecture of the Forum at Pompeii. His teaching interests are anything and everything having to do with western art history and he is an enthusiastic recruiter and professor for UWSP International Programs.

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Images: Model showing the steps in applying Roman revetment