Concordia (mythology)
In
Pax ("Peace") in representing a stable society.[1] As such, she is more closely related to the Greek concept of homonoia (likemindedness), which was also represented by a goddess.[2]
Concordia Imperial cult. Dedicatory inscriptions to her, on behalf of emperors and members of the imperial family, were common.[3]
In art and numismatics
In Roman art, Concordia was depicted sitting, wearing a long cloak and holding onto a
Pax and Salus, or Securitas and Fortuna. She was also paired with Hercules and Mercury, representing "Security and Luck" respectively.[4]
Gens Aemilia. Reverse (Guerrino Mattia Monassi): reproduction of the pavement of Piazza del Campidoglio, by Michelangelo
at the top and the value with mintmark at right below. Composition: silver (.835). Weight: 14.6 g.
Diameter:31.4 mm. Thickness: 2.4 mm.Several imperial coins depicted the goddess Concordia, such as those issued by
Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus) inspired Laura Cretara
for the obverse of Italy's commemorative 1000 lire of 1970, "Roma Capitale".
Temples
The oldest Temple of Concord, built in 367 BC by Marcus Furius Camillus,[5] stood on the Roman Forum. Other temples and shrines in Rome dedicated to Concordia were largely geographically related to the main temple, and included (in date order):
- a bronze shrine (Gnaeus Flavius in 304 BC "in Graecostasis" and "in area Volcani" (placing it on the Graecostasis, close to the main temple of Concord). He vowed it in the hope of reconciling the nobility who had been outraged by his publication of the calendar, but the senate would vote no money for its construction and this thus had to be financed out of the fines of condemned usurers.[6]It must have been destroyed when the main temple was enlarged by Opimius in 121 BC.
- one built on the Lucius Manlius in 218 BC after quelling a mutiny among his troops in Cisalpine Gaul,[7] with building work commencing in 217 and dedication occurring on 5 February 216.[8]
- a temple to Concordia Nova, marking the end Julius Caesar had brought to civil war. It was voted by the senate in 44 BC.[9] but was possibly never built.
- a shrine or temple dedicated by Porticus Liviae in the same poem suggests that the shrine was close to or within the porticus. It is possibly to be identified with the small rectangular structure marked on the Marble Plan (frg. 10), but scholarly opinion has been divided on this.[10]
In Pompeii, the high priestess Eumachia dedicated a building to Concordia Augusta.[11]
Modern religion
Harmonians and some
.Namesakes
The asteroid 58 Concordia is named after her.
There is a temple named after her in Agrigento, Sicily. It's located in the Valley of the Temples.
References
- ^ Carlos F. Noreña, Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power (Cambridge University Press, 2011), p. 132.
- ^ Anna Clark, Divine Qualities: Cult and Community in Republican Rome (Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 31.
- S2CID 191390675.
- ^ Claridge, Amanda. Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. (The section about the Temple of Concordia Augusta)
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 834.
- ^ Liv. IX.46; Plin. NH XXXIII.19; Jord. I.2.339.
- ^ Liv. XXII.33.7; cf. XXVI.23.4.
- ^ Liv. XXIII.21.7; Hemerol. Praen. ad Non. Feb., Concordiae in Arce;1 CIL I2 p233, 309; p138Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 86, Concordiae in Capitolio; Hermes 1875, 288; Jord. I.2.112.
- ^ Cass. Dio XLIV.4.
- JSTOR 4435892.
- ^ Dunn,Jackie and Bob Dunn. Pompeii In Pictures. Inscription from the Eumachia Building
- ^ "Mythics of Harmonia". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
External links
Media related to Concordia at Wikimedia Commons
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