A Case of damnatio memoriae in Aenona: Caligula / Augustus

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15291/ars.1382

Keywords:

August, Caligula, damnatio memoriae, re-carving, Aenona

Abstract

The author focuses on a statue of Emperor Augustus from Nin (Aenona), which shows him clad in a mantle and wearing a hairstyle of the Prima Porta type, in the context of a hypothesis about the re-carving of a statue that originally depicted Caligula. The unofficial condemnation (de facto damnatio memoriae) of Caligula’s person was proclaimed by Emperor Claudius, an act that was followed by the removal of Caligula’s official images and intense re-carving of his statues in stone-carving workshops. The Aenona case confirms the Senate’s action against the imperial persona non grata and shows a high degree of loyalty for the first Roman Emperor.

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Published

2017-12-19

Issue

Vol. 7 (2017)

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Original scientific paper

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