Romans of the 3rd Century B.C. in Front of the Goddess Victoria and her Temple: From Mortar and Stones to Collective Destiny

Authors

  • Kārlis Konrāds Vē University Paris-Sorbonne

Keywords:

collective memory, collective destiny, Roman archaeology, Roman religion, Roman mythology, Victoria, Romulus, Roman middle Republic

Abstract

The article is devoted to the ideological context underlying the construction of the temple of goddess Victoria on the Palatine at the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century B.C. Following written and numismatic sources, sociology of memory, as well as the latest archaeological digs, it is proposed to see the main reason for the construction of the Victoria temple in the desire of Rome’s élite to create a new conscience of collective destiny in Roman society. In this context, the new Victoria temple was meant to become one of the main vectors of the perception of Roman collective destiny.

Author Biography

Kārlis Konrāds Vē, University Paris-Sorbonne

Kārlis Konrāds Vē (1983) is an associate researcher at the University Paris-Sorbonne. PhD in ancient history (University Paris-Sorbonne, 2014). His doctoral work was devoted to researching the development of a new Roman collective memory and conscience of collective destiny at the end of the 4th and at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. K. K. Vē has also published papers dedicated to Roman topography, ideology and mythology.

Kārlis Konrāds Vē (1983) ir asociētais pētnieks Parīzes Sorbonas Universitātē (Université Paris-Sorbonne). Vēstures zinātņu doktors (Parīzes Sorbonas Universitāte, 2014). Doktora disertācija ir veltīta jaunas romiešu kolektīvās atmiņas un kopīgā likteņa apziņas izcelsmei 4. gadsimta beigās un 3. gadsimta p. m. ē. sākumā. Publicējis zinātniskus rakstus par Romas topogrāfiju, ideoloģiju un mitoloģiju.

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Published

2017-06-20

How to Cite

Vē, K. K. (2017). Romans of the 3rd Century B.C. in Front of the Goddess Victoria and her Temple: From Mortar and Stones to Collective Destiny . Journal of the University of Latvia. History | Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls. Vēsture, (2), 123–144. Retrieved from https://journal.lu.lv/luzv/article/view/486