This study considers five Roman trophy monuments in the context of global
versus local culture in the provinces: the Sullan trophy at Chaeroneia, Pompey’s trophy at
Panissars, Octavian’s campsite memorial at Nikopolis, Augustus’s Alpine trophy at La
Turbie, and Trajan’s Dacian trophy at Adamklissi.
Each trophy represents a unique case study of an identifiable Roman form and
tradition deemed appropriate for/by a provincial community. These individualized
characteristics imply localized negotiation of imperial or global ideas—specifically, a
non-Roman’s ability to manipulate Roman concepts emanating from the capital and/or
the desire for Romans to these ideas to appeal to a provincial audience. My study of
these trophies uncovers a widespread phenomenon that contradicts the assumption that
culture was dictated from the center to the periphery, from the elite to the non-elite and
from the urban to the rural in the Roman Empire. This dissertation is a response to Simon Keay’s and Nicola Terrenato’s
lamentation over the lack of comparative analysis for these recent theories and Andrew
Wallace-Hadrill’s challenge to concretize definitions of Romanization. In fact, I
demonstrate how these five Roman trophies featured themes legible to a broad audience
in the ancient world and specialized narratives that catered to the local scene. Altogether,
these case studies represent compelling examples of a much more dynamic kind of
Romanization than current scholarship admits. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/6904 |
| Date | 05 February 2010 |
| Creators | Ibarra, Alvaro |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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