Titus Livius, opisując monument wystawiony przez Ogulnii w 296 roku p .n .e . ad ficum Ruminalem , w odniesieniu do dzieci pokazanych przy wilczycy użył pojęcia conditores Urbis . To jeden z bardzo rzadkich przykładów użycia tego terminu przez historyka w Ab Urbe condita . Określenie w taki sposób bohaterów monumentu Ogulniuszów ma analogię w treści dedykacji zabytku (Marti invicto patri et aeternae urbis suae conditoribus), z którego zachowała się tylko baza z inskrypcją z czasów cesarza Maksencjusza (306–312) . Te dwa pomniki – pierwszy niezachowany, a zapewne zilustrowany na didrachmie RRC 20, drugi, o zaledwie domniemanej kompozycji – stanowią oprawę dla obecności przedstawienia grupy Lupa Romana w mennictwie rzymskim . Niewykluczone, że wyobrażenia te odzwierciedlają trwanie tradycji o niezbędnej roli obu braci, i Remusa, i Romulusa, w założeniu Rzymu, conditio Urbis .
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In a description of a monument erected ad ficum Ruminalem by Ogulnii in 296 BC, T . Livius used the term conditores Urbis in reference to children who appear with the she-wolf . This is one of very rare examples of the use of this term by the historian in the Ab urbe condita . Such reference to the protagonists of the monument of the Ogulnii manifests an analogy in the content of the dedication of the monument (Marti invicto patri et aeternae urbis suae conditoribus), of which only the base with an inscription which dates back to the reign of emperor Maxentius (306–312) is preserved . These two monuments, the first of which was not preserved, and which is supposedly presented on the RRC 20 didrachm, the second of which (whose composition is merely a matter of conjecture) – constitute a framework for the occurrence of the presentation of the Lupa Romana group in Roman mintage . One may not rule out the possibility that these representations reflect the continuity of the tradition about the necessary role of both brothers, Remus and Romulus, in the establishment of Rome, conditio Urbis .
The subject matter of the present consideration is the functional and structural aspect of the political propaganda of the Antonines (96-192), as promoted in the emperors' minting in its part using the representations of eastern provinces, lands and nations in coin reverse iconography.Theywere employedto apologizethe Roman Emperor as an ideal ruler: triumphator and benefactor of the state. Various combinations of these representations, often providedwith "narrative legends" reveal the complexity of problems arising from the eastern policy of the Roman Empire. The period ofpeace brought not very originalrepresentations of lands and nations in the monetary iconography. They are mainly personifications of provinciae piae .fidelis type. However,together with other "regional" issues of Hadrian and Antonius Pius, they acquire value for presenting the political images of these emperors: they are warrantors of order in the Empire made up of various provinces and lands together with their inhabitants. In this case the impersonations of lands and nations serve the ideas of peace and revival of the Roman Empire. The period of eastern wars brought about the intensification of propaganda initiatives. In Trajan minting the history of the conflict with Parthians was related. by means of individual images. There are no battle scenes of the emperor but original inscriptions that sum up successive episodes of the military operations. In MarcusAurelius and Lucius Verus minting eastern lands and nations are represented mainly as enemies who the Emperor-Warrior fights with. The history of war was rendered in a few scenes which repeat certain metaphorical formulations explaining the effects of the war. They show the grandeur of the emperor, worthy the name of imperator invictus.
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