Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain

Studies on the Imperial Monuments at Mérida and Tarragona

Duncan Fishwick

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781472412652
• eBook ISBN: 9781351553414
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture General

The studies included in this volume supplement the work already published by the author on the imperial cult in the Roman West, focussing on the monuments of two cities in Roman Spain, Augusta Emerita (now M da) and Tarraco (now Tarragona). The introduction gives the general background and context of the four following studies and argues in favour of proactive initiative from the centre.The core of the book is a study of the provincial forum at Augusta Emerita. It opens with a historiographic survey followed by discussion of the plaza (location, portico, "Arco de Trajano"), then surveys other structures and their general architectonic significance. Discussion of the hexastyle temple at the centre of the precinct considers its date of construction and the influence of the provincial governor, L. Fulcinius Trio, in copying the Aedes Concordiae at Rome. Two long sections assigned to analysis of inscriptions and the significance of the provincial centre of Lusitania complete the study.Discussion of the "Temple of Augustus" in Tarragona, in Chapter 3, begins with a historiography of the temple followed by an account of its discovery by ground-probing radar and electric resistivity tomography. After arguing that the temple was provincial ab initio - rather than first municipal then provincial - discussion moves to present opinion on the successive stages of the construction and design of the temple with a final chapter on the significance of the Temple of Hispania Citerior.Two final studies consider the numismatic evidence for an Ara Providentiae at Augusta Emerita, its counterpart in Rome, and the inferred presence of a templum minus at Augusta Emerita with its enigmatic portrayal of Agrippa at sacrifice fifty years after his death. As for the location of this copy of a Roman prototype, analysis focuses on the evidence for a supposed temple in the forum adiectum of the colonial forum and considers the iconographic recomposition of

Indices

References to illustrations are in bold

i. Names and Subjects

A. Vitellius 85¹⁹⁴

ab initio 29, 66, 136

acroterion/acroteria 55, 56, 60, 157

Calle Holguín

temple 55, 56, 60

function 54

Acta Fratrum Arvalium: see AFA

Acta Senatus 151

aedes 223

Aedes Apollini

at Rome 182

aedes Augusti 83, 154⁵³, 155

Aedes Concordiae: see Temple of Concordia

aedicula / aediculae 22, 73, 84, 88, 90, 98, 99, 111, 115, 116, 187

a elius a risteides 77

L. Aelius Caesar 98

aemulatio Romae 7, 68, 188

Aeneas 209, 211

cuirass of 208⁵⁸, 210

group 208⁵⁸, 211

location of figure of

at Augusta Emerita 208

pietas

symbol of virtue of 211

virtus

symbol of virtue of 211

Aeternitas Augusta

coin

of Tarraco depicting temple dedicated to 55, 79, 157, 158

of Augusta Emerita depicting temple dedicated to 55, 56, 79, 158

AFA 189

Afin[ius] 118

Afinius 120

Agri Decumates

regional cult centre 1

Agrippa

see Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Agrippa II

coin 186

Agrippa

of Judaea: see Agrippa II

Agrippa Postumus

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

father 204

Agrippa(s)

mythical king of Alba Longa 222¹⁷

Albarregas

river 66

Albinus Albui f.

provincial priest ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Dedication1
• Dedication2
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• I BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
• II THE PROVINCIAL FORUM AT AUGUSTA EMERITA
• III THE LOCATION, DATE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF THE 'TEMPLE OF AUGUSTUS' AT TARRACO
• IV AN ALTAR OF PROVIDENTIA AT AUGUSTA EMERITA
• V THE FORUM ADIECTUM OF AUGUSTA EMERITA AND THE LOCATION OF THE ARA PROVIDENTIAE
• References
• Indices