Arch of Constantine: Marcus Aurelius Relief Panels (Rome, Italy): West panels on the south flank, detail of the left panel Captive Sarmatians brought before Marcus Aurelius

Creator:

unknown (Ancient Roman)

Published/Created:

Rome, Lazio, Italy
312-315 (alteration); ca. 100

Date Depicted:

1997
8000 BC - 499 AD

Materials:

marble

Notes:

Flanking the inscription on both sides of the attic are pairs of relief panels above the minor archways, being eight total. They were taken from an unknown monument erected in honour of Marcus Aurelius, and show (north side, left to right) the emperor's return to Rome after the campaign (adventus), the emperor leaving the city and saluted by a personification of the Via Flaminia, the emperor distributing money among the people (largitio), the emperor interrogating a German prisoner, (south side, left to right) a captured enemy chieftain led before the emperor, a similar scene with other prisoners, the emperor speaking to the troops (adlocutio), and the emperor sacrificing pig, sheep and bull (suovetaurilia). Together with three panels now in the Capitoline Museum, the reliefs were probably taken from a triumphal monument commemorating Marcus Aurelius' war against the Marcomanni and the Sarmatians from 169- 175, which ended with his triumphant return in 176.

Topics:

Architecture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Roman -- Constantinian -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Roman -- Hadrianic -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Trajanic

Culture:

Roman

Accession Number:

1A3-R-R-AC-5-B2

Genre:

monuments: memorial arches: triumphal arches (AAT)
sculpture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architecture; military or war; rulers and leaders; Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; spolia; architectural re-use Imperial (Roman) visual works; sculpture (visual work); reliefs (sculptures)

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1997

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10056578

PID:

digcoll:1813857