ARTHIST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rostra, Prima Porta, Mount Vesuvius
17 Apr 2017
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44 bc, reconstruction by digitales forum romanum project. He died in the eruption of mount vesuvius. Kings expelled from rome in 509 bc. Harmodius and aristogeiton (first publicly displayed and dedicated statue) The romans had copies of this statue in italy, well known in pliny"s time. Aulus metellus/the arringatore - a roman magistrate, and he has his arm raised in the gesture that he"s about to start a speech. Statues like this (not this in particular) are what are setup on the rostra who gave great services to the state. The romans sometimes had a less defined line between public and private _____ (?) Polybius: (what was the point of this whole passage) He was an eyewitness to many events he retold. Kind of a mannequin with a head on top of the earlier relatives is carried into the funeral service (?) Body is carried in procession, to the rostra in the forum.
