Architecture and Surveillance in Flavian Rome

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20048643
AutoresDavid Fredrick, David de Fredrick (autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Páginas199-227
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoFlavian Rome (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004217157_008
OpenAlexW747092097
ISBN9789004217157
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas45

The rebuilding of the Capitoline early in the reign of Vespasian illustrates well the enduring connection, in Roman culture, between architecture, boundaries and ritual purity. This chapter examines the relation between building under Domitian and the theme of imperial encroachment on the elite male body. Domitian's building projects were many, only a few are examined in the chapter: the Iovis Cenatio in the palace on the Palatine, the equestrian statue of Domitian in the Roman Forum and the Forum Transitorium. The major Flavian projects the restoration of the Capitoline, the Flavian Amphitheatre, the Baths of Titus, the Forum Transitorium, the restoration of Pompey's theatre are enormous reminders that time and history did not stop with Augustus. Flavian Rome constructs urban space for and through the emperor, it also constructs a home for imperial power inside the social contours of the elite body, and inside individual elite minds. Keywords: Capitoline; Domitian; equestrian statue; Flavian Rome; Iovis Cenatio; Roman culture; Vespasian

Ancient history · Ancient Rome · Archaeology · Art · Elite · Emperor · Political science · Politics · Reign · Statue · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Law · Architecture