Hannah Cornwell
@hannahecornwell.bsky.social
Roman historian, sometime (historically) archaeologist, occasional seamstress & baker.
One to order the library!!
June 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One to order the library!!
Multiple divinities and mash-ups is definitely something I look forward to learning more about! Keep me posted.
March 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Multiple divinities and mash-ups is definitely something I look forward to learning more about! Keep me posted.
Definitely worth exploring! Augustus set up a statues of Pax, Salus Publica, and Concordia out of funds contributed by the SPQR for statues of the princeps in 10 BCE (Dio Cass. 54.35.2; Ov. Fast. 3.881-2). So, there is clear a conceptual link going on. I have further references in my book p.183.
March 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Definitely worth exploring! Augustus set up a statues of Pax, Salus Publica, and Concordia out of funds contributed by the SPQR for statues of the princeps in 10 BCE (Dio Cass. 54.35.2; Ov. Fast. 3.881-2). So, there is clear a conceptual link going on. I have further references in my book p.183.
Ah, good point.
March 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ah, good point.
I think the dish might more likely make it Salus rather than another divinity…
March 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think the dish might more likely make it Salus rather than another divinity…
Vespasian replicates this version of ‘Pax Augusta’ as winged Nemesis with caduceus and snake), and Trajan continues this (without the Pax Aug. label), though under Hadrian she because ‘Victoria Aug.’ exchanging the caduceus for a branch and losing the snake: numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 2239-2241
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March 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Vespasian replicates this version of ‘Pax Augusta’ as winged Nemesis with caduceus and snake), and Trajan continues this (without the Pax Aug. label), though under Hadrian she because ‘Victoria Aug.’ exchanging the caduceus for a branch and losing the snake: numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
The snake also makes an appearance with the Pax Augusta-minted under Claudius (probably the statue of Pax Augusta Claudiana given by Alexandria), though there she is explicitly Pax with a caduceus in the guise of Nemesis, but with Salus’ snake: numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 9
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March 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The snake also makes an appearance with the Pax Augusta-minted under Claudius (probably the statue of Pax Augusta Claudiana given by Alexandria), though there she is explicitly Pax with a caduceus in the guise of Nemesis, but with Salus’ snake: numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Not sure to what extent a comparison with a mid first century BC coin is useful… numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
RRC 427/2
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March 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Not sure to what extent a comparison with a mid first century BC coin is useful… numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
While the snake is very Salus in earlier imperial issues, when she is explicitly labelled, she’s holding a patera rather than ears of corn/branch, and often a diadem. Wondering if this is some Ceres/Salus mash-up?
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
While the snake is very Salus in earlier imperial issues, when she is explicitly labelled, she’s holding a patera rather than ears of corn/branch, and often a diadem. Wondering if this is some Ceres/Salus mash-up?