Book contents
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Life and Death of Flavius Agricola
- Part II The Many Afterlives of Flavius Agricola
- Chapter 7 Flavius Agricola in Early Modern Rome
- Chapter 8 Flavius in the Modern World
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index
Epilogue
from Part II - The Many Afterlives of Flavius Agricola
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2024
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Life and Death of Flavius Agricola
- Part II The Many Afterlives of Flavius Agricola
- Chapter 7 Flavius Agricola in Early Modern Rome
- Chapter 8 Flavius in the Modern World
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
In the Introduction, I referenced a coin minted under the emperor Titus (Fig. E.1). On one side appeared the figure of the emperor sitting amid a heap of weapons, a reference to his roles in the Jewish War, the capture of Jerusalem, and the construction of the building depicted on the coin’s opposite side, the Flavian Amphitheater. The coin adopts an unusual perspective, showing the Colosseum’s façade while also permitting a glimpse into the building. We spy the columns tracing the uppermost reaches of the interior and a few heads peeping out between them. Lower down two more rings of spectators are visible, the lower one pierced by an entrance and split into wedges by staircases. When we last examined the coin, we remarked about how only one individual appeared – the emperor – while everyone else was merely an undifferentiated head.
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- The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary RomanA Social History, pp. 149 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025