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  • Chapter 4 - The Power of Images of Augustus in the Age of Tiberius

  • Rebecca Edwards
  • Book:
    Tiberius and the Charisma of Augustus
    Published online:
    28 November 2024
    Print publication:
    28 November 2024, pp 98-134

  • Summary

    The image of Augustus dominated the principate of Tiberius. We can see that this was at least partially intentional. Coins issued under Tiberius tended to promote the deceased Divus Augustus even more so than the living princeps Tiberius. The most important documents from the reign of Tiberius commemorate Augustus (the Res Gestae) and Augustus’ great-nephew and adopted grandson, Germanicus (the Tabula Siarensis, the Tabula Hebana, and the Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone patre). All of these documents focus on Augustus and the charismatic members of the domus Augusta. We see this reflected in art as well. Portraits of Tiberius evolve to take on some Augustan features, yet a distinction is preserved between the divine Augustus and the mortal Tiberius. This is especially reflected in two large cameos from the first century, the Gemma Augustea and the Grand Camée.