Roma tardoantica come spazio della rappresentazione trionfale
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Paolo Liverani
Abstract
If we consider the Roman triumph in the long run, we can identify some important changes in the ritual that leave traces in the path and in the monumental context. Four phases emerges from this analysis: (1) In the Republican period, the procession started from the Circus Flaminius and, after passing the Porta Triumphalis at the base of the Capitol, circled the Palatine counter-clockwise and finally crossed the Forum to climb to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus; (2) As of 74 ad, following the Flavian enlargement of the pomerium, the procession marched along the Via Lata / Flaminia: after crossing the new Porta Triumphalis (= Arch of Portugal), continued to use the Republican path. However, this is a rite reserved to the emperor and monumental dedications are of a different type: no more temples, but arches, honorary columns and (under Constantius II) an obelisk; (3) After Constantine, the emperors did not go up to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol: the end of the procession is a purely civic and secular one: the Curia of the Senate and the Rostra in the Forum. However, the visit to St Peter’s assumes more and more importance and the route from the Palatine to the Basilica progressively acquires an architectural dignity similar to the triumphal path; (4) The two sections of the route were merged in a single ceremony by Theodoric, who reverses the path of the adventus. The procession started from St. Peter’s and ended at the Forum. In the same period, the route between the Vatican Basilica and the Pons Aelius was also equipped with a monumental portico. In the following centuries, the example of Theodoric was followed - albeit with a degree of freedom - until the last adventus known of this type, that of Charlemagne.
Abstract
If we consider the Roman triumph in the long run, we can identify some important changes in the ritual that leave traces in the path and in the monumental context. Four phases emerges from this analysis: (1) In the Republican period, the procession started from the Circus Flaminius and, after passing the Porta Triumphalis at the base of the Capitol, circled the Palatine counter-clockwise and finally crossed the Forum to climb to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus; (2) As of 74 ad, following the Flavian enlargement of the pomerium, the procession marched along the Via Lata / Flaminia: after crossing the new Porta Triumphalis (= Arch of Portugal), continued to use the Republican path. However, this is a rite reserved to the emperor and monumental dedications are of a different type: no more temples, but arches, honorary columns and (under Constantius II) an obelisk; (3) After Constantine, the emperors did not go up to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol: the end of the procession is a purely civic and secular one: the Curia of the Senate and the Rostra in the Forum. However, the visit to St Peter’s assumes more and more importance and the route from the Palatine to the Basilica progressively acquires an architectural dignity similar to the triumphal path; (4) The two sections of the route were merged in a single ceremony by Theodoric, who reverses the path of the adventus. The procession started from St. Peter’s and ended at the Forum. In the same period, the route between the Vatican Basilica and the Pons Aelius was also equipped with a monumental portico. In the following centuries, the example of Theodoric was followed - albeit with a degree of freedom - until the last adventus known of this type, that of Charlemagne.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt IX
- Abkürzungen XI
- Verzeichnis der Karten XII
- Der römische Triumph in Prinzipat und Spätantike 1
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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
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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
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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
