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Osservazioni sui Rostri del Foro Romano in età tardoantica

Authors: LIVERANI, PAOLO;

Osservazioni sui Rostri del Foro Romano in età tardoantica

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Abstract: P. Liverani, Osservazioni sui Rostri del Foro Romano in età tardoantica, in Res Bene Gestae. Ricerche di storia urbana su Roma antica in onore di Eva Margareta Steinby, Roma 2007 The paper considers the issue of the late antique Rostra of the Roman Forum in the light of the new evidence acquired through the survey of the central area. In this frame several sources (Claudianus, Ammianus Marcellinus and the Anonymus Valesianus) acquire a more precise meaning in relation to the two tribunes of the Rostra on the opposite sides of the plaza. Particularly interesting is an analysis of the famous passage by Ammianus with the visit to the Forum of the emperor Constantius II in 357. Ammianus mentions the rostra (probably the eastern ones built by Diocletian), a tribunal and – in another section of the same narration – a suggestus, whose identification was discussed, but must be explained as an allusion to the western and more ancient rostra of the Forum. As a consequence it is likely to identify the above mentioned tribunal with the podium at the centre of the Forum which is also portrayed in the plutei of Trajan. Finally some important elements can be deduced from the passage of the Anonymus Valesianus concerning the adventus of Theodorich in the year 500. The toponym ad Palmam, where the king met the Roman people, must be identified with the so-called Rostra Vandalica and explained as an allusion to the column dedicated to the emperor Claudius II. This new reading allows also to reinterpret the famous bas-relief of the Arch of Constantine representing the emperor addressing the Roman people from the rostra as an image of the eastern rostra and not – as usually – of the western tribune. L’articolo considera i rostri tardoantichi del Foro Romano alla luce delle nuove acquisizioni ottenute mediante il rilevamento e lo studio dell’area centrale del Foro stesso. In questo quadro diverse fonti (Claudiano, Ammiano Marcellino e l’Anonimo Valesiano) acquistano una maggiore pregnanza in relazione alle due tribune dei rostri sui due lati opposti della piazza. Particolarmente interessante è l’analisi del famoso brano di Ammiano relativo all’adventus dell’imperatore Costanzo II nel 357. Ammiano ricorda i rostra – probabilmente quelli occidentali costruiti da Diocleziano – un tribunal e – in un altro passo della stessa narrazione – un suggestus la cui interpretazione è stata discussa, ma che va verosimilmente interpretato come allusione ai rostri orientali. Come conseguenza è verosimile identificare il tribunal sopra citato con il podio al centro della piazza raffigurato anche nei plutei di Traiano. Infine alcuni elementi importanti possono dedursi dal brano dell’Anonimo Valesiano relativo all’adventus di Teodorico nel 500. Il toponimo ad Palman, dove il re incontra il popolo romano, dev’essere identificato con i cd. Rostri Vandalici e spiegato come allusione alla colonna dedicata all’imperatore Claudio il Gotico. La nuova lettura permette anche di reinterpretare il famoso rilievo dell’Arco di Costantino, che raffigura l’imperatore mentre si rivolge al popolo romano dai rostra, come un’immagine dei rostri orientali e non – come si ritiene comunemente – di quelli occidentali.

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Roma; archeologia; topografia antica; Foro Romano

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