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✨Augustus and Victory✨ (kolektiva.social)
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✨Augustus and Victory✨Augustus strikes an heroic nude pose while he and a winged Victory attend to a military trophy. The trophy consists of enemy armour attached to a post. Augustus is further distinguished by being attended by an eagle, a classic symbol of Jupiter and Roman military might. Beneath the military trophy is a bound figure who represents those conquered.#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #History

Augustus strikes an heroic nude pose while he and a winged Victory attend to a military trophy. The trophy consists of enemy armour attached to a post. Augustus is further distinguished by being attended by an eagle, a classic symbol of Jupiter and Roman military might. Beneath the military trophy is a bound figure who represents those conquered.
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[–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago

@Tarnport the Julio-Claudians had some clear messages they wanted disseminated across the empire - seeing that consistency in different areas from France to Aphrodisias is really telling for the kinda of narratives they wanted to project.

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