All of the following were motivations for the creation of Roman ancestor portraits EXCEPT

A) ?extolling the virtues of the family's ancestors.
B) ?separating the old patrician families from the plebeian middle and lower classes.
C) ?displaying pride in one's genealogy.
D) ?legitimizing the status of self-made "new men" in the Senate.

D

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