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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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[–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

@phistorians This kind of ancient propaganda transposes so well into the modern context. Thank you for the post.I was recently able to see the Trophy of Augustus in France and it has similar imagery. The longer you think about it, the more unsettling it is, but also the more crudely relatable.

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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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