Tiberius and the Heavenly Twins

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9291908
AutoresEdward Champlin (Princeton University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen101
Páginas73-99
Fecha de publicación2011-05-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0075435811000013
OpenAlexW2000024599
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas18

This paper aims to illustrate the practical application of myth in public life under the early Principate. It begins by sketching the deep historical affection of the people of Rome for the twins Castor and Pollux, and the great posthumous popularity of Nero Claudius Drusus for generations after his death in 9 b.c . Concentrating on the dedicatory inscription of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome, the paper argues that Tiberius Caesar, notoriously addicted to mythology, crafted a potent public association between the heavenly twins and himself and his brother Drusus, and it goes on to examine the effect of that association

Affection · Ancient history · Art · Brother · Epistemology · Genealogy · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Principate · Sociology · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy