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The Power of Place
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Chapter 5 addresses questions of topography and urban design in order to analyze the “power of place”—that is, the Baths’ deliberate associations with preexisting monuments as part of a larger dynastic building program within the city of Rome. The construction and decoration of the Baths of Caracalla, it is argued, engaged with broader concerns about dynastic legitimacy and imperial power. Thus, the chapter focuses attention on the ways in which the building program sponsored by both Caracalla and his father and imperial predecessor, Septimius Severus (r. 192–211 C.E.), repeatedly emphasizes key themes related to familial legitimacy, imperial authority, and military success.
Title: The Power of Place
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Chapter 5 addresses questions of topography and urban design in order to analyze the “power of place”—that is, the Baths’ deliberate associations with preexisting monuments as part of a larger dynastic building program within the city of Rome.
The construction and decoration of the Baths of Caracalla, it is argued, engaged with broader concerns about dynastic legitimacy and imperial power.
Thus, the chapter focuses attention on the ways in which the building program sponsored by both Caracalla and his father and imperial predecessor, Septimius Severus (r.
192–211 C.
E.
), repeatedly emphasizes key themes related to familial legitimacy, imperial authority, and military success.
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