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The Roman arch : architecture, politics, and the commemoration of victory in Rome (196 BCE to 43 CE) /

The freestanding arch is one of Roman architecture's most innovative and distinctive structures. Despite its ubiquity throughout the Roman Empire, little attention has been paid to the first monuments constructed in the city of Rome. 'The Roman Arch' addresses this gap by focusing on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kontokosta, Anne Hrychuk (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Arches > Rome.
Architecture, Roman.
Collective memory > Rome.
Triumphal arches > Rome.
Arcs (Architecture) > Rome.
Architecture romaine.
Mémoire collective > Rome.
Arcs de triomphe > Rome.
Arches
Architecture, Roman
Collective memory
Triumphal arches
Rome.
Architecture.
Architecture and Planning.
196 B.C. to 43 A.D.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Roman Arch : Architecture, Politics, and the Commemoration of Victory in Rome (196 BCE to 43 CE)
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • List of Plates
  • Introduction
  • Study Objectives
  • Previous Scholarship
  • Mechanics of the Freestanding Arch
  • Semantics and the Roman Arch
  • Part One: The Fornices of the Republic
  • 1: The First Fornices
  • The Roman Triumph: Reconstructing the Ritual
  • Literary Beginnings: The Fornices of L. Stertinius (196 BCE)
  • Why Spain? Roman Foreign Policy in the Middle Republic
  • Stertinius, Manubial Building, and the Porta Triumphalis
  • Reconstructing the Fornices Stertinii
  • Conclusions
  • 2: Spanish Victors and the Fornices of the Capitoline
  • Topography of the Republican Capitoline
  • P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus, "Thunderbolt of War"
  • Reconstructing the Fornix Scipionis
  • Motives: Remembering Hannibal
  • The Fornix Calpurnius and the Case for C. Calpurnius Piso
  • Reconstructing the Fornix Calpurnius
  • Revisiting Spain: Inspiration and Innovation in Roman Victory Monuments
  • Conclusions
  • 3: The Fornix Fabianus : monumentalizing triumph and the gens
  • Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, "Triumphator"
  • Reconstructing the Fornix Fabianus
  • The Fornix, the Gens, and Family Memorials in the Republic
  • Family Monuments in Republican Rome
  • Tracing the Decline of Fornix Construction in the Late Republic
  • The Fornix of C. Verres (73-71 BCE)
  • Conclusions
  • Part Two: The Arches of Augustus
  • 4: Arches and Augustan Monumenta
  • The Triumph, the City, and Imperial Honors
  • The Freestanding Arch in the Context of Augustan Rome
  • Memoria and Monumenta
  • From Fornix to Arcus : The Nomenclature of the Imperial Arch
  • Conclusions
  • 5: Augustus and the Triple-Bay Arch: innovations and archetypes
  • The Arch of C. Octavius
  • Literary Evidence.
  • Archaeological Evidence
  • Context
  • The Parthian Arch of Augustus
  • Historical Context
  • Literary Evidence
  • Numismatic Evidence
  • Archaeological Evidence
  • Innovations
  • Senatorial Sponsorship and the Fasti Capitolini
  • Building the Triple-Bay Arch Beyond Rome
  • The Augustan Arch from Antioch in Pisidia
  • The Augustan Arch at Arausio
  • Arches in the Provinces
  • Conclusions
  • 6: In Search of an Actian Arch
  • Augustus and Actium
  • Arguments for an Actian Arch
  • Examining the Evidence
  • Texts
  • Inscriptions
  • Coins
  • The Geneva Gem and Louvre Campana Plaque
  • Celebrating Actium Outside of Rome
  • Conclusions
  • 7: Innovation in Attic Statuary on Augustan Arches
  • The Horses of San Marco
  • The Quadriga in Greek and Roman Sculpture
  • The Quadriga in Augustan Rome
  • Attic Statuary and Augustan Authority
  • The Arches of Germanicus
  • Honors for Drusus the Younger
  • The Establishment of an Imperial Monument
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: The Origins of the Voussoir Arch
  • mesopotamia and egypt
  • greece and asia minor
  • etruria and magna graecia
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.