Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire by Matthew Dillon;Christopher Matthew;

Author:Matthew Dillon;Christopher Matthew; [Matthew;, Matthew Dillon;Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History / Military / Ancient
ISBN: 9781473834309
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2022-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

In another type of sculptural relief, common amongst the military, the deceased is presented reclining on a dining couch, taking part in a banquet. Before him is positioned a tripod upon which are placed food and drink. He is served by a young boy and sometimes by his wife. This theme is typically Greek, and it was an honour during the Hellenistic period and under the Roman Empire (Egypt included) to be depicted in this way.75 From Greece, the iconography made its way to Germania, either through the agency of travellers who had taken the Danube–Rhine route, or from soldiers who served in Macedonia at the beginning of the Empire and who were then sent to other garrisons. Then it was adopted, not only by soldiers, but also by civilians. Such monuments are found in Bonn,76 Cologne,77 Trier,78 Wiesbaden,79 Karlsruhe80 and Obernburg.81 A civilian from Pettau, modern Ptuj in Slovenia (Poetouio in antiquity), received a monument that evokes the one that was found at Ighil Oumsed (Mauretania Caesarea, see below). A reclining figure was placed at the top, and the banquet below.82 Legionaries from Germany, who contributed to the conquest of Britain in AD 43, brought this theme with them to that province.

Figure 6.8: The funerary monument of the aquilifer Cnaeus Musius. (Courtesy of Alamy)

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