adventures in my head
Follow up on SEG 42:1065 Thoughts on T. Morgan AAH lecture: Fides as warrior in allegory, often also able to be a synonym for Christ. ‘Wisdom’ of Proverbs (not contemporary Judaism) possible model for Christian Fides. Alma Fides: Cic. de Off. 3.29.104 quoting Ennius; CIL 9.60, Brindisi, BUT MOST alma fides references in epigraphy appear… Continue reading Pistis epigraphic language
οἱ δ᾽ εἰσελθόντες χρόνον μέν τινα διετήρουν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν πίστιν … … διορθοῦσθαι παρὰ τοῖς συμμάχοις τὴν αὑτῶν πίστιν. (Polybius 1.7.6 and 10) The very first episode actually narrated in Polybius’ Histories doesn’t really let the Romans come off that well. The garrison they sent to Rhegium seizes the city for themselves rather… Continue reading 301 out of 410 days: Pistis again
Original Post Boussac 1988 connects this imagery on a Delos seal impression (bullae) with Athenian New style tetradrachm symbols of Xenokles and Harmoxenos The most likely date for this issue seems to be 91-90 BCE We never get this 3/4 profile seated Roma on the Republican coin series, but we do have her seated with… Continue reading Seated Roma (again)
ἔτι δὲ καὶ καθ᾽ἡμᾶς ἱερεὺςχειροτονητὸς ἀπεδείκνυτο Τίτου, καὶ θύσαντες αὐτῷ τῶνσπονδῶν γενομένων ᾁδουσι παιᾶνα πεποιημένον, οὗ τἆλλαδιὰ μῆκος ἡμεῖς παρέντες ἀνεγράψαμεν ἃ παυόμενοι τῆςᾠδῆς λέγουσι: πίστιν δὲῬωμαίων σέβομεν, τὰν μεγαλευκτοτάταν ὅρκοις φυλάσσειν: μέλπετε κοῦραι, Ζῆνα μέγαν Ῥώμαν τε Τίτον θ᾽ἅμα Ῥωμαίων τε πίστιν ἰήϊε Παιάν,ὦ Τίτε σῶτερ. Moreover, even down to our own day a… Continue reading In Praise of Roman Fides
The San Martino in Pensilis hoard and Andrew Burnett’s analysis thereof is probably the most important new information on third century Roman and Italian Silver issues from the last decade. Highlights included: Evidence of a significant gap (ballpark 300-260BC) between Rome’s first and second silver issues The first Roma and Pistis Locrian coin in a hoard… Continue reading 291 out of 410 days: San Martino in Pensilis Hoard
The ‘intensive’ Turkish language class and bureaucracy have occupied much of the last week, but now as the Kurban Bayrami festivities begin our lives are settling down a bit. The language class is certainly part of my professional goals for this sabbatical, but as it doesn’t touch on my research and writing directly I don’t… Continue reading 112 thru 117: A “Loyal” Return
There is a good deal of concern and attention paid to the divine honors given to the personification of abstract concepts. The habit has it origins in the Hellenistic period. Think of the Nikes we’ve seen, not to mention much more famous examples: All of these turn the idea of ‘winning’ into a goddess… Continue reading 95, 96 out of 410 days: Divine Abstractions
Being rather demoralized by the stalling of the edits and then further derailed by a networking lunch (a most pleasurable experience with much inspiration about future study abroad, err… ‘international education’ as one says today), I couldn’t really think about coins, but didn’t want to break my promise to put a coin from the… Continue reading Can one plagiarize oneself?
Liv Mariah Yarrow 