A New Reading of the Belvedere Altar

Buxton, Bridget

doi:10.3764/aja.118.1.0091

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“…This marble piece represents a monument (altar/base?) made in the closer environment of the imperial court, most likely not commissioned by one of the vici (Buxton 2014;Hölscher 1988;Zanker 1969). Among the programmatic imagery, one of the smaller sides shows Augustus handing over the Lares Augusti at a compital altar to the ministri, in their typical dress, of the vicus.…”

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Short-Term Phenomena and Long-Lasting Places: The Altars of theLares Augustiand theCompitain the Streets of Ancient Rome

Rieger¹

2020

Journal of Urban Archaeology

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The altars of the Lares Augusti, their imagery and spatial contexts, as well as the institution of the Augustan vicomagistri are commonly treated as a homogeneous phenomenon in Roman archaeo logy. Starting from an adjusted concept of 'bio graphy of places and objects', the paper analyses the material evidence along the (multidimensional) line from the setting up of the altars in certain spatial contexts -mostly compital shrines -to the renovations of altars and shrines, to their abolishment. Thus, the assumed homogeneity of the cult of the Lares Augusti in the moment of its reinvention (dating to the last decade of the first century bc) becomes secondary to the highly individual and situational adaptations of altars, inscriptions, and compital shrines including the veneration of the Lares Augusti. Seen in its longue durée in the neighbourhoods, with differences, contingencies, and changes, the institution of the Lares Augusti unfolds as a highly adaptable religious, social, and spatial practice in imperial Rome's urban environment. KEYWORDS Lares Vicinales/Lares Augusti; altars; icono graphy; vicomagistri; inscriptions; religion in Rome's city quarters; context-based meaning of objects and places; bio graphy of places and objects.

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Short-Term Phenomena and Long-Lasting Places: The Altars of theLares Augustiand theCompitain the Streets of Ancient Rome

Rieger¹

2020

Journal of Urban Archaeology

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“… 34 This interpretation was first proposed by Petersen, 1902: 57, and has since found wide acceptance: e.g. Sieveking, 1907: 186–8; Zanker, 1990: 201–6; Buxton, 2014: 95–7. For alternatives, see esp.…”

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“…See esp. Waites, 1920; Weinstock, 1960; Piccaluga, 1961; Peyre, 1962; Masquelier, 1966; Radke, 1981; Dubourdieu, 1989; Giacobello, 2008; Buxton, 2014: 95–7. For discussion, see below.…”

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ESTABLISHING A DYNASTY IN IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE: THEAEDES VESTAEAUREI OF VESPASIAN

Arcenas¹,

Watson²

2023

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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This paper uses a Flavian aureus type depicting the aedes Vestae to explore both the ideological and the practical aspects of using coinage to propagate a dynasty. Firstly, we analyse the type from an iconographic perspective and argue that it should not be understood as a simple referent to the building itself, but rather as a complex interplay of different semantic units, intended to convey messages of dynastic harmony and security. Secondly, we use a die study to reconstruct the minting process and use our findings to elucidate the transformation of Roman coin production during the Flavian period. Taken together, the two parts of the paper demonstrate both the importance and the pay-offs of studying Roman coinage holistically, that is, with an integrated approach that combines iconographic and technical analysis. A catalogue of coins considered in the die study is provided as an appendix.

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The Altars of the Lares Augusti

Russell¹

2020

The Social Dynamics of Roman Imperial Imagery

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A New Reading of the Belvedere Altar

Cited by 6 publications

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Short-Term Phenomena and Long-Lasting Places: The Altars of theLares Augustiand theCompitain the Streets of Ancient Rome

Short-Term Phenomena and Long-Lasting Places: The Altars of theLares Augustiand theCompitain the Streets of Ancient Rome

ESTABLISHING A DYNASTY IN IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE: THEAEDES VESTAEAUREI OF VESPASIAN

The Altars of the Lares Augusti

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