Tracht, Insignien und Performanz des Triumphators zwischen später Republik und früher Kaiserzeit
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Jan B. Meister
Abstract
In Rome it was common for status to be expressed through gestures, performance
and dress. The Roman triumph can thus be viewed as a status elevation
marking out the body of the triumphator as a special body. Perhaps even more important
however are the ‘post-triumphal’ honors allowing the ex-triumphator to wear
laurel at the games and to parade the triumphal garb post-mortem in the pompa funebris.
The nature of those two forms of status elevation is quite different. For during the
triumph the triumphator is marked out as an individual outshining his peers, after the
triumph however he is just one among several viri triumphales, thus distinguished not
so much as an individual but rather as a member of a special group within the aristocracy.
When looking at these post-triumphal honors, one finds a remarkable amount
of continuity from the late Republic well into the second century ad. For while from
Augustus onwards normal senators were no longer able to celebrate a triumph, the
introduction of the ornamenta triumphalia nonetheless ensured the continuity of the
post-triumphal honors in a de facto post-triumphal era. Thus the aristocracy as such
did not change and still featured among its members the distinguished group of viri
triumphales. The disappearance of the ornamenta triumphalia in the second century
is therefore best explained as a consequence of structural changes within the imperial
aristocracy rendering the continued existence of this special group superfluous.
Abstract
In Rome it was common for status to be expressed through gestures, performance
and dress. The Roman triumph can thus be viewed as a status elevation
marking out the body of the triumphator as a special body. Perhaps even more important
however are the ‘post-triumphal’ honors allowing the ex-triumphator to wear
laurel at the games and to parade the triumphal garb post-mortem in the pompa funebris.
The nature of those two forms of status elevation is quite different. For during the
triumph the triumphator is marked out as an individual outshining his peers, after the
triumph however he is just one among several viri triumphales, thus distinguished not
so much as an individual but rather as a member of a special group within the aristocracy.
When looking at these post-triumphal honors, one finds a remarkable amount
of continuity from the late Republic well into the second century ad. For while from
Augustus onwards normal senators were no longer able to celebrate a triumph, the
introduction of the ornamenta triumphalia nonetheless ensured the continuity of the
post-triumphal honors in a de facto post-triumphal era. Thus the aristocracy as such
did not change and still featured among its members the distinguished group of viri
triumphales. The disappearance of the ornamenta triumphalia in the second century
is therefore best explained as a consequence of structural changes within the imperial
aristocracy rendering the continued existence of this special group superfluous.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt IX
- Abkürzungen XI
- Verzeichnis der Karten XII
- Der römische Triumph in Prinzipat und Spätantike 1
-
Teil 1: Der römische Triumph im frühen Prinzipat
- The Late Republican Triumph 29
- Die Transformation des Triumphes in augusteischer Zeit 59
- Tracht, Insignien und Performanz des Triumphators zwischen später Republik und früher Kaiserzeit 83
- Die Triumphe der julisch-claudischen Zeit 103
-
Teil 2: Der römische Triumph in der hohen Kaiserzeit
- Josephus’ Portrait of the Flavian Triumph in Historical and Literary Context 125
- Die Dynamik von Herrschaftsdarstellung und Triumphideologie im ausgehenden 1. und frühen 2. Jh. 177
- Sieg und Triumph in der Zeit von Antoninus Pius bis Commodus 215
- Der Triumph im Dienste dynastischer Politik 255
- Die Stadt Rom als triumphaler Raum und ideologischer Rahmen in der Kaiserzeit 283
- Turning Victory into Defeat 317
-
Teil 3: Der römische Triumph im dezentralisierten Imperium
- Two Third-Century Triumphal Decennalia (ad 202 and 262) 337
- Zwischen Severus Alexanders Triumph über die Sāsāniden im Jahre 233 und den Triumphfeierlichkeiten Diocletians und Maximians im Jahre 303 357
- Triumph in the Decentralized Empire 397
- Die Triumphatordarstellung auf Münzen und Medaillons in Prinzipat und Spätantike 419
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Teil 4: Der römische Triumph in der Spätantike
- Der römische Triumph und das Christentum 455
- Roma tardoantica come spazio della rappresentazione trionfale 487
- The Topography of Triumph in Late-Antique Constantinople 511
- The Decline and Fall of the Ancient Triumph 555
- Indizes (Namen, Orte, Begriffe, triumphale Inszenierungen) 569
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt IX
- Abkürzungen XI
- Verzeichnis der Karten XII
- Der römische Triumph in Prinzipat und Spätantike 1
-
Teil 1: Der römische Triumph im frühen Prinzipat
- The Late Republican Triumph 29
- Die Transformation des Triumphes in augusteischer Zeit 59
- Tracht, Insignien und Performanz des Triumphators zwischen später Republik und früher Kaiserzeit 83
- Die Triumphe der julisch-claudischen Zeit 103
-
Teil 2: Der römische Triumph in der hohen Kaiserzeit
- Josephus’ Portrait of the Flavian Triumph in Historical and Literary Context 125
- Die Dynamik von Herrschaftsdarstellung und Triumphideologie im ausgehenden 1. und frühen 2. Jh. 177
- Sieg und Triumph in der Zeit von Antoninus Pius bis Commodus 215
- Der Triumph im Dienste dynastischer Politik 255
- Die Stadt Rom als triumphaler Raum und ideologischer Rahmen in der Kaiserzeit 283
- Turning Victory into Defeat 317
-
Teil 3: Der römische Triumph im dezentralisierten Imperium
- Two Third-Century Triumphal Decennalia (ad 202 and 262) 337
- Zwischen Severus Alexanders Triumph über die Sāsāniden im Jahre 233 und den Triumphfeierlichkeiten Diocletians und Maximians im Jahre 303 357
- Triumph in the Decentralized Empire 397
- Die Triumphatordarstellung auf Münzen und Medaillons in Prinzipat und Spätantike 419
-
Teil 4: Der römische Triumph in der Spätantike
- Der römische Triumph und das Christentum 455
- Roma tardoantica come spazio della rappresentazione trionfale 487
- The Topography of Triumph in Late-Antique Constantinople 511
- The Decline and Fall of the Ancient Triumph 555
- Indizes (Namen, Orte, Begriffe, triumphale Inszenierungen) 569
