Adventus (ceremony)
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| silver antoninianus struck in Rome 250 AD; ref.: RIC 11b; RSC 4
This coin was struck to the occasion of emperor's return (adventus) to Rome. | |
In the
The city would be decorated for the occasion, a public procession would come out of the city to meet and welcome the honorand on the road, and after ritually escorting them into town, a
For an emperor, especially one having newly acceded or usurped power, celebrating an adventus confirmed the legitimacy of the ruler, demonstrating the consent (Latin: consensus) of the governed city's people, and the events were reproduced and symbolized in imperial iconography and art.
The two major elements of the adventus were the rituals of occursus and propompe. The occursus (Greek: συνάντησις, translit. synántēsis, lit. "meeting" or Greek: ὑπάντησις, translit. hypántēsis, lit. "coming to meet") consisted of the ritual procession to meet the approaching honorand on the road; the size, composition, and distance from the city of the welcoming party was determined by the guest's rank and status.[2] Then, the propompe was the festive escort of the honorand into the city.[2] The delivery of panegyric in honour of the occasion and in praise of the arrival was an enduring fixture, as were acclamations, hymns, poetry, music, lights, decorations and incense.[1][2] Religious shrines would be visited en route, and afterwards a banquet was probably held.[2]
For comparable ceremonies in
See also
- Parousia
- Advent
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8, retrieved 2021-02-14
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6, retrieved 2021-02-14
- ISBN 978-0-670-02098-0. p. 67.
- ISBN 978-0-520-06966-4.
- ^ MacCormack, Sabine (1974). Adventus and Consecratio: Studies in Roman Imperial Art and Panegyric from the Late Third to the Sixth Century. University of Oxford.
- ISBN 978-0-521-51953-3.
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