The lost building program of Marcus Antonius

• Autores: Duane W. Roller
• Localización: Antiquité classique, ISSN 0770-2817, Nº. 76, 2007, págs. 89-98
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ancient literary sources give no evidence for any building program in Rome by Marcus Antonius, and thus he is the only prominent Roman at the end of the Republic who was not a builder in the city. This strains credulity. Upon the death of Caesar he was the most powerful man in Rome. Reconstruction of his building program must remain speculative, but it is pro¬bable that the Temple of Mars Ultor would have been its centerpiece. Octavian allegedly vowed this at Philippi, a fact suspiciously ignored by most sources, even Augustus himself in the Res gestae. Common sense dictates that Antonius, seen by all at that time as the leader, victor, and avenger of Caesar, would have made the vow, which is perhaps reflected in a coin of 42 BC. Other elements of the Antonian building program are difficult to come by, but may include the Temple of Divine Julius and the Curia Julia. Control of history by the new regime delayed these projects until after the death of Antonius and then attributed them to the victor.