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Articles

Reflections of Imperialism: The Meta Sudans in Rome and the Provinces

Pages 275-292 | Published online: 01 Apr 2014
 

Abstract

Built by the emperors of the Flavian dynasty, the conical fountain known in antiquity as the Meta Sudans appears on imperial coins and medallions issued by the emperors Titus, Domitian, Alexander Severus, and Gordian III. The enduring imperial interest in the fountain can be attributed to the monument's topographic and ideological associations with Augustus and the legacy of imperial Rome, associations that inspired the building of similar fountains in North Africa as well as the use of conical fountains as numismatic symbols of Rome in the cities of Corinth in Achaea and Nikopolis in Epirus.

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Brenda Longfellow

Brenda Longfellow is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Iowa. Her forthcoming book examines the patronage of Roman monumental civic fountains during the first through third centuries CE [School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Ia., 52242, [email protected]].

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