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From the sculpture decoration of the Temple of Hadrian at Campus Martius, near the Pantheon, twenty five (25) rectangular slabs of Proconnesian marble, each decorated with a relief, have survived. Eighteen (18) of them are decorated with the personifications of provinces of the Roman Empire, depicted as women wearing long chitons and himatia. These are the provinciae pia fidelis, that is, the provinces faithful to Roman rule (e.g., Moesia, Dacia, Hispania, Gaul, Germania, Achaea, Scythia, Phrygia, Parthia, Armenia, Bithynia, Mauretania, Libya, Numidia, Egypt), which paid to the emperor the aurum coronarium (gold for crown) tax. The rest of the slabs depict trophies made with a specific set of armour and weapons, featuring the defeated nations of the provinces. The personification of the Province of Thrace is among them, although it cannot be accurately identified because of the absence of any inscription or distinctive attributes.


Caption Marble relief from the temple of Hadrian in Rome with the personification of the Province of Thrace

Mythic people Thrace (Nymph)

Type Relief

Origin Hadrianeum, Piazza di Pietra (Campus Martius), Rome

Current position Museo Nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme), Rome

Index number 428496

Dating 145 AD

LIMC Url

Notes

Juhasz, L. 2018. "Some notes on the Hadrianeum reliefs", Acta Archaeologica 69, 83-96.

The Hadrianeum (145 CE)_Reliefs | Judaism and Rome (judaism-and-rome.org)

Tempio di Adriano - Wikipedia

Φωτογραφικό υλικό για το ναό του Αδριανού στο Campus Martius βλ.: Temple of Deified Hadrian (Hadrianeum), Field of Mars, Rome - Following Hadrian, Carole Raddato

Για το aurum coronarium: Aurum coronarium - Oxford Reference

 

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