Die Tyrannenmörder auf dem Kapitol
2019; Franz Steiner Verlag; Volume: 68; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.25162/historia-2019-0005
ISSN2365-3108
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
ResumoIn which historical constellation and with which meaning one erected the most accurate copy of the early classical group of the tyrannicides near the Fides temple on the Capitoline hill in Rome? As the copy of the early classical group of the tyrannicides remained on the Capitoline hill until medialval times, a widespread acceptance may be assumed. It is unlikely that Augustus was tolerating the statues of his enemies Brutus or Sulla. In fact there was on the capitoline hill a tradition to keep a balance of statues, erected for the leader of different political parties, which only the summi viri of the Augustusforum ostensible still pursued. The copy of the famous group is probably an initiative of Pammenes from Marathon, a descendant of the tyrannicides, and probably represents Eleutería/Libertas, won in the civil war by Augustus Soter and Agrippa Euergetes. The term Demokratía, closley linked with the Tyrannicides and Eleutería, became the key word substituting the aristocracys’ demand of political participation at the beginning of the Principate.
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