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El „Sueño de Escipión“ (Cic. rep.), el „díptico de la Consecratio“ (British Museum) y la rehabilitación oficial de Virio Nicómaco Flaviano (431)

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Resumen:

Se propone una nueva interpretación del llamado „díptico de la Consecratio“ del British Museum basada en el „Comentario al Sueño de Escipión“ de Macrobio. A partir de los bien atestiguados vínculos entre este autor y las familias senatoriales romanas de los Symmachi y los Nicomachi, se sugiere asimismo que este díptico pudo haber sido producido para conmemorar la rehabilitación oficial de Virio Nicómaco Flaviano por el emperador Valentiniano III en 431.

Summary:

This paper offers a new interpretation of the so-called „Consecratio ivory diptych“ in the British Museum based on Macrobius' „Commentary on the Dream of Scipio“. In addition, on the basis of the well attested links between Macrobius and the Roman senatorial families of the Symmachi and the Nicomachi it is stated that this diptych might have been carved at Rome in 431 on the occasion of the official rehabilitation of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus by the Emperor Valentinian III.

Agradecimiento:

Este estudio ha sido realizado gracias a la obtención de un contrato dentro del Subprograma Juan de la Cierva del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad del Gobierno de España (JCI-2012–12020). Asimismo, se enmarca en los proyectos de investigación HAR2013–42584-P, del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, y 2014SGR-362, de la Direcció General de Recerca.

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