Object's details: Roma renascens and Roma resurgens in coin iconography of Galba, Vitellius, and Vespasian

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Title:
Roma renascens and Roma resurgens in coin iconography of Galba, Vitellius, and Vespasian
Creator:
Ścigała, Judyta
Description:
In the years 68—69 AD coin issues appeared that, apart from ROMA RENASCENS or ROMA RESVRGENS legend, depicted the fighting/struggling Roma and the Roma bringing victory, and then the very goddess lifted by the emperor. All of it alluded to the events that transpired during “the year of the four emperors” (68—69). The issuers, that is, Galba, Vitellius, and Vespasian appropriated the legend about the Roma renascent and resurgent to the situation occuring within the state. The motif, presented by the said emperors, featured themselves as leaders deeply involved in the fate of Rome, which — due to progressing civil war — was thrown into chaos, as did the entire Roman Empire, and that naturally affected detrimentally the City’s image. Therefore, in the numismatic images, Galba and Vitellius faught (oftentimes shoulder to shoulder with Roma herself), and the goddess depicted was to bring about the victory to them. Emperor Vespasian pushed the imagery considerably further, aligning Roma’s image with the durability of his power, since this emperor’s coins presented the goddess as a woman whom he was helping to emerge from recent misfortunes. Thus, he could symbolically appear to his people as a defender and restitutor that would restore the state to its former glory.;
W artykule omówiono emisje monetarne przedstawiające boginię Romę, której towarzyszy legenda ROMA RENASCENS lub ROMA RESVRGENS. Ikonografia tych monet — emitowanych przez Galbę, Witeliusza i Wespazjana — jest podstawą rozważań autorki. Dla wyglądu Romy, raz walczącej i przynoszącej zwycięstwo, innym razem upadającej i podnoszonej przez cesarza, tło stanowiły wydarzenia rozgrywające się w latach 68—71.
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free access
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2018 Wieki Stare i Nowe
Date:
2018.12.29
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Language:
Polish
Source:
Wieki Stare i Nowe; Vol. 13 No. 18 (2018): Wieki Stare i Nowe; 20-32;
Wieki Stare i Nowe; Tom 13 Nr 18 (2018): Wieki Stare i Nowe; 20-32;
2353-9739;
1899-1556
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press
Relation: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/WSN/article/view/8110/6198
Subject:
Roma, Galba, Witeliusz, Wespazjan, Rzym, Cesarstwo Rzymskie, bogini zwycięstwa;
Roma, Galba, Vitellius, Vespasian, Rome, the Roman Empire, the goddess of victory
Identifier: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/WSN/article/view/8110
Data provider:
Czasopisma Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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