Ludi Saeculares (88)
| Domitianus: AR Denarius | |
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| anno 88 Romae incusus | |
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| IMP CAESAR DOMIT AUG GERM P M TR P VIII IMP XVIII, caput laureatum dextro versum | Columna in qua textus: COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC[it]; praeco ad sinistrum progrediens, vergam et scutum tenens |
| 19 mm, 3.15 gr | |
| RIC, Domitianus, II, 116; BMCRE 135; RSC 73 | |
| Domitianus: Æ As | |
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| anno 88 Romae incusus | |
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| IMP CAESAR DOMIT AUG GERM P M TR P VIII IMP XVIII, caput laureatum dextro versum | COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC, Domitianus stans sinistro versus, manu tenens pateram, ad aram libans; ad sinistram partem tibicen et psaltista, in fundo templum; S C in exergo. |
| 28 mm, 9.91 gr, 6 h | |
| RIC, Domitianus, II, 623 | |
Ludi Saeculares anno 88 celebrati sunt, iussu principis Domitiani. Ille se rite observare praetendit spatium temporis ab Augusto statutum quo Ludi Saeculares celebrandi sint.
Fontes
[recensere | fontem recensere]- Suetonius, De vita Caesarum "Domitianus" 4
- Tacitus, Annales 11.11
- Zosimus, Historia nova liber 2 ad initium (versio)
- Censorinus, De die natali 17.7-15
Bibliographia
[recensere | fontem recensere]- "Ludi Saeculares" in William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Londinii, 1842; 2a ed., 1865; 3a ed., 1870) 2a ed. pp. 716-717
- Beard, Mary; John North and Simon Price (1998). Religions of Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-30401-6 (vol. 1); ISBN 0-521-45646-0 (vol. 2)
- Feeney, Denis (1998). Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts and Beliefs. Roman literature and its contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55921-9
- Jones, Brian; and Robert Milns (2002). Suetonius: The Flavian Emperors: A Historical Commentary. London: Bristol Classical Press. ISBN 1-85399-613-0
- Melanie Grunow Sobocinski, "Visualizing Ceremony: The Design and Audience of the Ludi Saeculares Coinage of Domitian" in American Journal of Archaeology vol. 110 (2006)