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Power and Piety: Augustan Imagery and the Cult of the Magna MaterBell, Roslynne January 2007 (has links)
This thesis examines the ways in which the Magna Mater became an integral part of Augustan ideology and the visual language of the early principate. Traditionally, our picture of the Augustan Magna Mater has been shaped by evidence from literary sources. Here, however, the monuments of the goddess' cult are considered in their religio-political context. Works that link Augustus himself to the Magna Mater are shown to reveal that the goddess played a significant and hitherto unappreciated role in official propaganda. Part I examines the nature of the Augustan reconstruction of the Palatine Temple of the Magna Mater and challenges persistent claims that the princeps was disinterested in the metroac cult. Augustus' use of inexpensive building materials is shown to be, not a display of parsimony, but an attempt to retain the traditional appearance of a venerable structure. A reinterpretation of the temple's pedimental and acroterial sculpture, using the Valle-Medici reliefs, demonstrates that Augustus promoted the Magna Mater as an allegory of Rome's Trojan heritage and as a symbol of a new Golden Age. Part II investigates the topography of the Augustan precinct on the Palatine, and argues that the geographic linkage of the metroön and the House of Augustus became a topos in imperial imagery. It then demonstrates that several well-known works of art echo this connection between the princeps and the goddess. These works range from statues in the Circus Maximus designed to be viewed by thousands, to the Gemma Augustea, a luxury item intended for the elite. They are also found both inside and outside Rome. A reassessment of the Vicus Sandaliarius altar and the Sorrento base illustrates popular recognition of Augustus' reinvention of the Magna Mater as a national deity of Rome and the tutelary goddess of the Julio-Claudii.
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The political role of women of the Roman elite, with particular attention to the autonomy and influence of the Julio-Claudian women, 44BCE to CE68Zager, Ilona 06 1900 (has links)
Many accounts, both ancient and modern, have maintained that the Julio-
Claudian women had unprecedented influence in their spheres. This
dissertation attempts to determine the degree of autonomy and influence that
the Julio-Claudian women had and to examine the factors that may have
contributed to their exceptional influence.
In trying to establish the extent and nature of the influence of the Julio-
Claudian women, the ancient sources (literary, documentary and iconographic),
in conjunction with modern scholarly views, were critically examined
throughout. In attempting to determine the factors that influenced such weight
and autonomy as these women had, the dissertation looks at the influences on
women of earlier times, in particular the late Roman Republic, from a legal and
a socio-historical angle. Whether the Julio-Claudian women could be
considered, for example, to have been part of a “super-elite” in comparison
with aristocratic women of earlier, and even later, times, was discussed and
evaluated.
On the surface the Julio-Claudian women did seem to enjoy a wider range
of freedoms, power and influence than their counterparts, or the Roman
women before or after them. Yet it is clear from the sources that these women
also had restrictions laid upon them and that the patriarchal framework still
curtailed their influence. When they over-stepped the accepted bounds, they
were invariably vilified by the ancient historians, and often came to be
negatively portrayed by subsequent generations. Whether these women truly
deserved their vilification, or whether it can simply be ascribed to the bias of
the ancient writers, was also explored throughout. / Classics & World Languages / M.A. (Classical Studies)
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The political role of women of the Roman elite, with particular attention to the autonomy and influence of the Julio-Claudian women, 44BCE to CE68Zager, Ilona 06 1900 (has links)
Many accounts, both ancient and modern, have maintained that the Julio-
Claudian women had unprecedented influence in their spheres. This
dissertation attempts to determine the degree of autonomy and influence that
the Julio-Claudian women had and to examine the factors that may have
contributed to their exceptional influence.
In trying to establish the extent and nature of the influence of the Julio-
Claudian women, the ancient sources (literary, documentary and iconographic),
in conjunction with modern scholarly views, were critically examined
throughout. In attempting to determine the factors that influenced such weight
and autonomy as these women had, the dissertation looks at the influences on
women of earlier times, in particular the late Roman Republic, from a legal and
a socio-historical angle. Whether the Julio-Claudian women could be
considered, for example, to have been part of a “super-elite” in comparison
with aristocratic women of earlier, and even later, times, was discussed and
evaluated.
On the surface the Julio-Claudian women did seem to enjoy a wider range
of freedoms, power and influence than their counterparts, or the Roman
women before or after them. Yet it is clear from the sources that these women
also had restrictions laid upon them and that the patriarchal framework still
curtailed their influence. When they over-stepped the accepted bounds, they
were invariably vilified by the ancient historians, and often came to be
negatively portrayed by subsequent generations. Whether these women truly
deserved their vilification, or whether it can simply be ascribed to the bias of
the ancient writers, was also explored throughout. / Classics and World Languages / M.A. (Classical Studies)
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