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Commemorating the Past and Performing Power: Parades of Ancestors on Caligula's Coinage
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AbstractThis article explores the interconnection between Caligula's rehabilitation of his family and the performance of imperial power through processions as presented on three of his coin types. It argues that Caligula used the depictions of processions in connection with coin types celebrating his father, mother, and brothers to create a ‘parade of ancestors’. These coins served as portable visual reminders (monumenta) of Germanicus’pompa triumphalisof 17 CE, the inclusion of Agrippina's image into thepompa circensisas part of the honours granted to Caligula's family members upon his accession, and the likely inclusion of Nero and Drusus’ images at the head of thetransvectio equitumduring the early years of Caligula's reign. By parading his family members on his coins in this way, Caligula was able to propel himself forward by looking to and commemorating the past, thereby creating permanentmonumentaof these public performances of power.
Title: Commemorating the Past and Performing Power: Parades of Ancestors on Caligula's Coinage
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AbstractThis article explores the interconnection between Caligula's rehabilitation of his family and the performance of imperial power through processions as presented on three of his coin types.
It argues that Caligula used the depictions of processions in connection with coin types celebrating his father, mother, and brothers to create a ‘parade of ancestors’.
These coins served as portable visual reminders (monumenta) of Germanicus’pompa triumphalisof 17 CE, the inclusion of Agrippina's image into thepompa circensisas part of the honours granted to Caligula's family members upon his accession, and the likely inclusion of Nero and Drusus’ images at the head of thetransvectio equitumduring the early years of Caligula's reign.
By parading his family members on his coins in this way, Caligula was able to propel himself forward by looking to and commemorating the past, thereby creating permanentmonumentaof these public performances of power.
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