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- Title
Imagined Empire: Representing Imperial Communities in Roman Dougga.
- Authors
Frakes, James F. D.
- Abstract
The article presents a research paper about the second in a series of inquiries of the visual culture of the Roman Empire under the rule of Severan emperors (193-235 CE), which the subject of the paper focused on a temple complex that honors the goddess Caelestis in Dougga, North Africa. It states that the complex was built by an aristocrat under the last Severan emperor. It cites that a huge statue made of marble of an unknown person was discovered within a peripheral cella in another temple, which belonged to the consort of the goddess. It suggests that the Caelestis complex personifications serve as corporal invitations for the residents of the place.
- Subjects
ROME; NORTH Africa; ROMAN emperors; CAELESTIS (Punic deity); PUNIC gods; STATUES; ROMAN temples; RESIDENTS; PERSONIFICATION in art; THUGGA (Extinct city)
- Publication
Southeastern College Art Conference Review, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 3, p297
- ISSN
1043-5158
- Publication type
Article