The River Araxes in the Roman Poetry

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ID9351208
AuthorsTomasz Babnis (0000-0001-5869-0145, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume22
Pages7-46
Publication date2020-10-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueClassica Cracoviensia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1505-8913 • E-ISSN: 2391-6753
PublisherKsięgarna Akademicka (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.12797/cc.20.2019.22.01
OpenAlexW3093705230
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

The River Araxes In the Roman Poetry The Araxes flowing through the Armenian Highlands was one of the rivers mentioned quite often in Roman poetry from the Augustan Age up to the 5th century. In line with the traditional tendency of classical literature, the Araxes was usually shown as a pars pro toto of a country, in this case Armenia, which was one of the aims of the Roman eastern policy and the object of rivalry between the Empire and Parthia/Persia. The great majority of references to the Araxes was connected with the theme of Roman expansion in the East (especially with the campaign of Tiberius in 20 BC and later with the Roman-Parthian war 58–63 AD), which can be observed best in the recurrent motif of a bridge across this river, a clear-cut symbol of Roman domination over Armenia and – more generally – over all of the East

Ancient history · Armenian · Art · Literature · Motif (music · Period (music · Poetry · Rivalry · Roman Empire · Symbol (formal · Theme (computing · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Philosophy

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