Politics in the Monuments of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar 1st Edition by Eleonora Zampieri 1000778037 9781000778038

1. Pompey and Caesar

2. Pompeian and Caesarian monuments in Rome

1 The Protagonists and Their Ideas

1.1 Foreword: Propaganda in Antiquity

1.2 ‘ita sullaturit animus eius et proscripturit iam diu’ (Cic., Att., 9, 10, 6): Pompey

1.2.1 Sulla

1.2.2 Alexander the Great

1.2.3 The Gods: Venus Victrix

1.2.4 The Gods: Hercules

1.2.5 The Gods: Minerva

1.2.6 The Gods: Dionysus

1.2.7 Felicitas

1.2.8 Scipio Aemilianus (and Africanus)?

1.3 ‘[…] nam Caesari multos Marios inesse’ (Suet., Iul., 1, 1): Caesar

1.3.1 Marius

1.3.2 The Gracchi Brothers

1.3.3 Scipio Aemilianus (and Africanus)

1.3.4 Furius Camillus

1.3.5 Romulus

1.3.6 Servius Tullius

1.3.7 Other Models: Ancus Marcius and Numa Pompilius

1.3.8 The Gods: Venus

1.3.9 The Gods: Veiovis – Iuppiter

1.3.10 The Gods: Quirinus

1.3.11 Clementia et Concordia

1.3.12 Felicitas

1.4 Final Remarks

2 The Rising Sun: Pompey’s Monuments and His Three Triumphs

2.1 Imago Alexandri? The Hercules Pompeianus

2.2 Pompey’s Temple of Minerva

2.3 Theatrum Lapideum

2.3.1 The Temple of Venus Victrix

2.3.2 The Presence (or not) of a Scaenae Frons

2.3.3 The Decorative Programme

2.3.4 A Place for a Hero?

2.3.5 A Gymnasium for Promenades and Otium

2.3.6 Further Interpretations – A Statesman’s Project

2.3.7 Different Levels of Messages

2.4 Preliminary Conclusions

3 Pacata Gallia? Caesar keeps an eye on Rome

3.1 The ‘Enlargement of the Roman Forum’ (Forum of Caesar)

3.1.1 A ‘new’ Caesarian phase

3.2 The Atrium Libertatis

3.3 A New Building for the Comitia: The Saepta

3.4 Basilica Aemilia, Basilica Iulia

3.5 Preliminary Conclusions

4 After the war, a new Rome

4.1 The Temple of Felicitas

4.2 The Temple of Quirinus on the Quirinal Hill

4.3 Preliminary Conclusions

5 The building affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar

5.1 The Forum of Caesar

5.1.1 Decoration: Griffins

5.1.2 Decoration: The Meander

5.1.3 Aedes Veneris Genetricis

5.1.4 Works of Art in the Temple: Statues and Gems

5.1.5 Works of Art in the Temple: The Pinakes of Ajax and Medea

5.1.6 Works of Art in the Forum: Statues

5.1.7 Changing Propaganda

5.2 Caesar’s Temporary Stadium and Naumachia

5.3 The Circus Maximus

5.4 A Plan for the City: The Lex Iulia de Urbe augenda, ornanda et instruenda

5.5 Jupiter or Apollo? The Theatre of Caesar

5.6 The Temple of Vesta and a New Platform for the Tribunes

5.7 Preliminary Conclusions

Conclusions: Let the City Speak

6.1 ‘[…] urbis o putissimei, / socer generque […]’ (Catull., 29, 23–24)

6.1.1 Pompey, Successful General, and Primus Inter Pares

6.1.2 Caesar, Moderate Popularis, and Civil War Victor

6.2 The Power of Architecture

6.2.1 A ‘Caesarian’ Forum

6.2.2 A ‘Triumph’ for Propaganda

6.3 Final Remarks

6.4 Conclusions: Rome as a Forum for Propaganda

Appendix A: Maps

Appendix B: Chronology Table

Bibliography

Index