The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum

Brilliant, Richard

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“…58 It could be said that it was the personalised representation of the divine that dened epic as a genre distinct from history: Feeney 1991: 261. Gods, divine action, Roman epic : Hardie 1986;Feeney 1991;Hardie 1992;Heinze [1915Heinze [ ] 1993Bessone 2013;Dufallo 2013: 108-36, 206-43;Fucecchi 2013;Chaudhuri 2014;Walter 2014;Rebeggiani 2018;Baier 2020. 59 Some examples: Verg., Aen.…”

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“…97 A comparable style of divine representation is found on a few later monuments, such as the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome (A.D. 203), which like the Columns depicts detailed campaigning action in which the gods have a 'reduced' role (on the Severan Arch the gods are in fact left out of the campaigning scenes entirely). Severus' Arch : Brilliant 1967;Koeppel 1990: 9-32;Lichtenberger 2011: 74-5;Faust 2012: 121-41. the events may have encouraged the use of an informative and seductively realist narrative style. 98 V CONCLUSION There were, it has been argued, multiple discrete ways of depicting the gods on imperial monuments.…”

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“…203), which like the Columns depicts detailed campaigning action in which the gods have a ‘reduced’ role (on the Severan Arch the gods are in fact left out of the campaigning scenes entirely). Severus’ Arch: Brilliant 1967; Koeppel 1990: 9–32; Lichtenberger 2011: 74–5; Faust 2012: 121–41.…”

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Runeckles

2023

J. Rom. Stud.

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This article examines the important roles played by gods in the friezes of the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and argues that they are treated in a distinctive ‘documentary’ style, comparable in certain ways to accounts of divine action in Roman historiography and designed to produce a compelling narrative effect. First, the Columns and the deities they depict are discussed. The article then looks at cognate descriptions of gods in historiographical texts. Finally, other contemporary monuments that portray the gods are briefly examined to bring out further the distinctive character of the gods on the Columns. This analysis will be seen to have wider implications for our understanding of ‘historical narrative reliefs’ and imperial representation.

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Runeckles

2023

J. Rom. Stud.

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“…Historians have particularly pointed to his coinage, as well as the triumphal arch erected in the Forum Romanum. 24 That various media could convey an imperial message is an idea that should be carried even further, to the recognition that large monumental maps displayed on architecturally important buildings may have also provided an important public relations function as propaganda for Roman emperors. Dilke has noted that public buildings depicted on the Forma Urbis seem to be enlarged; he suggested that such enlargement may have been intentional, 'so as to show public buildings as large and important.'…”

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The historical function of theforma Urbis Romae1

Taub

1993

Imago Mundi

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“… 58 ILS 425, on which see Brilliant 1967; 1993; Kleiner 1992, 329. For an improved reading of the text see CIL VI, fasc.…”

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The Roman Fortress at Carpow, Perthshire: An Alternative Interpretation of the Gates and their Dedicatory Inscriptions

Keppie

2019

Britannia

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The Roman fortress at Carpow, Perthshire, was excavated in 1961–62 and 1964–79. The gates of the fortress are the key to our understanding of its occupational history. The suggestion made here is that they were initially constructed in timber, at the same time as the associated turf rampart, but were soon replaced in stone specifically to support heavy dedication slabs set above them. A new arrangement of the surviving inscribed fragments at the East Gate is proposed, and new readings adopted, which confirm their traditional Severan dating. The Supplementary Material which includes detailed descriptions of the fragments and possible restorations is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X19000138.

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The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum

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Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

Divine Representation in Documentary Style: Gods on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius

The historical function of theforma Urbis Romae1

The Roman Fortress at Carpow, Perthshire: An Alternative Interpretation of the Gates and their Dedicatory Inscriptions

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