TY - JOUR
T1 - Citizens and captives
T2 - Depictions of the “conquered” in the Roman Empire
AU - Lamp-Fortuno, Kathleen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Society for the History of Rhetoric.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article examines constructions of Roman citizenship in Roman state art, arguing that beginning in the late republic a broader concept of citizenship was prevalent—one rooted largely in shared culture and defined in opposition to a “barbarian” other. From this reading of state art, two arguments emerge: First, the emphasis on enculturation created an ever-moving line between Roman and barbarian. Second, the subject position created subjected both the Roman viewer and non-Roman subject. The article then turns to a reading of Greek orator Aristides’s Regarding Rome to show that the concept of citizenship stressed in state art is clearly present, though not necessarily well received.
AB - This article examines constructions of Roman citizenship in Roman state art, arguing that beginning in the late republic a broader concept of citizenship was prevalent—one rooted largely in shared culture and defined in opposition to a “barbarian” other. From this reading of state art, two arguments emerge: First, the emphasis on enculturation created an ever-moving line between Roman and barbarian. Second, the subject position created subjected both the Roman viewer and non-Roman subject. The article then turns to a reading of Greek orator Aristides’s Regarding Rome to show that the concept of citizenship stressed in state art is clearly present, though not necessarily well received.
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U2 - 10.1080/15362426.2015.1081526
DO - 10.1080/15362426.2015.1081526
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84953884835
SN - 1536-2426
VL - 18
SP - 147
EP - 161
JO - Advances in the History of Rhetoric
JF - Advances in the History of Rhetoric
IS - 2
ER -