From Conquest To Pax Romana The Signa Recepta And The End Of The Triumphalfasti In 19 Bc

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ID20044657
AuthorsIda Östenberg (0000-0002-4375-3446, corresponding author)
Year2009
Pages53-75
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRitual dynamics and religious change in the Roman Empire (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004174818.i-380.17
OpenAlexW1488237361
ISBN9789004174818
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

In the 1540s, a most important archaeological find was made in the Forum Romanum. In the quest for new building material, a bulk of inscriptions came to light. These inscriptions turned out to contain two lists, one recording the magistrates of Rome, the other giving her triumphators. The inscribed lists were placed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitoline hill, from where they received their name, the Fasti Capitolini. Later on, several new fragments were unearthed, both to the north and south of the temple of Divus Iulius. 1 The Fasti consulares, naming Rome"s magistrates, were inscribed on four panels that were framed by small Corinthian pilasters, while the Fasti triumphales, displaying the names of Roman triumphators, were inscribed on four pilasters of Doric order. Both lists once adorned the same monument, and scholars have for a long time debated which one. Today, most opt for the triple arch that was built in honour of Augustus after his return in 19 BC with the standards recovered from the Parthians. The arch is described by a scholiast to Vergil as situated iuxta aedem divi Iulii, 2 and it is identified with the fundaments of a triple-bayed arch just south of the temple of Divus Iulius. 3 1

Ancient history · Art · CONQUEST · Inscribed figure · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Mathematics

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