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Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain - Studies on the Imperial Monuments at Merida and Tarragona (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain - Studies on the Imperial Monuments at Merida and Tarragona (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The studies included in this volume supplement the work already
published by the author on the imperial cult in the Roman West,
focussing on the monuments of two cities in Roman Spain, Augusta
Emerita (now Merida) and Tarraco (now Tarragona). The introduction
gives the general background and context of the four following
studies and argues in favour of proactive initiative from the
centre. The core of the book is a study of the provincial forum at
Augusta Emerita. It opens with a historiographic survey followed by
discussion of the plaza (location, portico, "Arco de Trajano"),
then surveys other structures and their general architectonic
significance. Discussion of the hexastyle temple at the centre of
the precinct considers its date of construction and the influence
of the provincial governor, L. Fulcinius Trio, in copying the Aedes
Concordiae at Rome. Two long sections assigned to analysis of
inscriptions and the significance of the provincial centre of
Lusitania complete the study. Discussion of the "Temple of
Augustus" in Tarragona, in Chapter 3, begins with a historiography
of the temple followed by an account of its discovery by
ground-probing radar and electric resistivity tomography. After
arguing that the temple was provincial ab initio - rather than
first municipal then provincial - discussion moves to present
opinion on the successive stages of the construction and design of
the temple with a final chapter on the significance of the Temple
of Hispania Citerior. Two final studies consider the numismatic
evidence for an Ara Providentiae at Augusta Emerita, its
counterpart in Rome, and the inferred presence of a templum minus
at Augusta Emerita with its enigmatic portrayal of Agrippa at
sacrifice fifty years after his death. As for the location of this
copy of a Roman prototype, analysis focuses on the evidence for a
supposed temple in the forum adiectum of the colonial forum and
considers the iconographic recomposition of the monument, arguing
against current misconception of central details.
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