Vox et Potestas
personal communication through the built environment of Rome in the time of Augustus
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36399/GroundingsUG.6.228Keywords:
Augustus, Rome, Vox et potestas, Agrippa, Tiberius Nero, Cityscape, Monuments, Architecture, Aristocracy, Augustan RomeAbstract
Through the efforts and contributions of Marcus Agrippa, Tiberius Nero, and the extended noble coterie of Augustus, individualized, controlled contributions to the cityscape of Rome are presented as a legacy of the one and the many. While the monuments, architecture and infrastructure of Augustan Rome express the voice and power of the Roman aristocracy afforded the opportunity to participate, they also express the ideology of the city’s greatest patron, Augustus. Each contribution to the civic environment can be understood as an expressive and individual voice from the period, but with the power and glory of Rome residing, ultimately, in the imperial person of Augustus. It is, therefore, Augustus’ vox et potestas we are meant to appreciate.
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