To serve the Empire: Roman eagle as a divine messenger and guardian of majesty of the first Roman Emperor, Octavianus Augustus ₍₆₃BC-₁₄AD₎. Politics — culture — belief

• Authors: Kryśkiewicz Hadrian L
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The presented paper focuses on comprehending the symbolism, variety and scale of the eagle’s image implementation in art and broadly named culture of ancient Rome of the Augustan age (ca. 27 B.C.-14 A.D.). Both literary, numismatical, as well as gemmoglyptical evidence are examined, in our att empt to bett er understand the ideological notion of the fawn bird’s image in the ancient times.

PL

Głównym celem niniejszej pracy stała się prezentacja symboliki rzymskiego orła na przykładzie okresu rządów princepsa Oktawiana Augusta (44/31 przed Chr. - 14 n.e.), poprzez zgłębienie genezy, zastosowania oraz roli ideowej jego wizerunku w sztuce i kulturze Imperium Romanum. Analizie poddane zostają zarówno świadectwa pisane autorów starożytnych, jak i liczne zabytki kultury materialnej (numizmaty, gemmy). Rozważania uzupełniają uwagi odnośnie początków wizerunku orła jako rozpoznawalnego atrybutu cesarskiego (władzy cesarskiej).

Keywords

EN

antiquity; Rome; Augustus; eagle; culture; art; symbolism; Ist c. B.C.; Ist c. A.D.

PL

Rzym; starożytność; orzeł; symbolika; kultura; sztuka; Oktawian August; I w. przed Chr.; I. w. n.e.

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 532-551

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Kryśkiewicz Hadrian L

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński Al. Papieża Jana Pawła II 22a, Szczecin

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Identifiers

ISSN

2299-2014

DOI

10.15503/onis2014-532-551