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The Architecture of the Roman Triumph Maggie L. Popkin (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

The Architecture of the Roman Triumph By Maggie L. Popkin (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

The Architecture of the Roman Triumph by Maggie L. Popkin (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)


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This book offers the first critical study of the architecture of the Roman triumph, ancient Rome's most important victory ritual. Through case studies ranging from the republican to imperial periods, it demonstrates how powerfully monuments shaped Roman experience of military victory and, consequently, of Roman identity.

The Architecture of the Roman Triumph Summary

The Architecture of the Roman Triumph: Monuments, Memory, and Identity by Maggie L. Popkin (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

This book offers the first critical study of the architecture of the Roman triumph, ancient Rome's most important victory ritual. Through case studies ranging from the republican to imperial periods, it demonstrates how powerfully monuments shaped how Romans performed, experienced, and remembered triumphs and, consequently, how Romans conceived of an urban identity for their city. Monuments highlighted Roman conquests of foreign peoples, enabled Romans to envision future triumphs, made triumphs more memorable through emotional arousal of spectators, and even generated distorted memories of triumphs that might never have occurred. This book illustrates the far-reaching impact of the architecture of the triumph on how Romans thought about this ritual and, ultimately, their own place within the Mediterranean world. In doing so, it offers a new model for historicizing the interrelations between monuments, individual and shared memory, and collective identities.

About Maggie L. Popkin (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)

Maggie L. Popkin is Assistant Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Introduction. The triumph, memory, and 'being Roman' in the city of Rome; 1. The triumphal route; 2. Building memories: the era of the Punic Wars (264-146 BC); 3. Spectacle and memory: the reign of Trajan, Optimus Princeps (AD 98-117); 4. Monuments and memory distortion: the reign of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211); Conclusion; Appendix. Victory monuments built along the triumphal route during the Punic Wars: topography, dating, and history.

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NPB9781107103573
9781107103573
1107103576
The Architecture of the Roman Triumph: Monuments, Memory, and Identity by Maggie L. Popkin (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2016-07-22
310
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