Togati con aquila

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  • Paolo LIVERANI Musei Vaticani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v0i.11286

Abstract

The article examines a Julio-Claudian iconographic type attested by three sculptures, each representing a togated headless man with an eagle at his feet. The first is preserved in the Dutch Institute of Rome: its findspot was unknown but it is probably possible now to recognise its provenance from the 1853 excavations in Ardea. The second was found in 1982 in the Roman colony of Gravisca; the third is in the Boboli Gardens of Florence. In the imperial statues of the Julio-Claudian period, the toga capite velato marks the pietas of the emperor. Instead the eagle is the bird of Jupiter referring to the royal function of the emperor on the earth, similar to the role of Jupiter amongst the gods. On the basis of the imperial iconography it is possible to explain this double message as allusion to the twofold role of the emperor as officer of the state and the gods.

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Published

1999-09-01

How to Cite

LIVERANI, P. (1999). Togati con aquila. Anales De Arquelogía Cordobesa, 263–275. https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v0i.11286

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