Tropaeum Alpium
43°44′41.20″N 7°24′06.49″E / 43.7447778°N 7.4018028°E
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The Tropaeum Alpium (
Construction
The Trophy was built c. 6 BC in honor of Augustus to celebrate his definitive victory over the 45 tribes who populated the Alps. The Alpine populations were defeated during the military campaign to subdue the Alps conducted by the Romans between 16 and 7 BC.
The monument was built of stone from the Roman quarry located about 800 metres away, where traces of sections of carved columns are visible in the stone.[citation needed]
The monument as partially restored is 35 meters high. When built, according to the architect, the base measured 35 meters in length, the first platform 12 meters in height, and the rotunda of 24 columns with its statue of an enthroned Augustus is 49 metres high.[citation needed]
Inscription
One of the stones of the tower contained the names of the tribes. The inscription was only preserved in fragments, but could be reconstructed thanks to the transcription of Pliny the Elder,[1] albeit with minor corrections.[2] It reads:
To the
· TRUMPILINI VENNONETES · VENOSTES · ISARCI · BREUNI · GENAUNES · FOCUNATES |
· VINDELICI: BRIXENETES |
· LEPONTII UCENNI · CATURIGES |
· BRIGIANI SOGIONTI · BRODIONTI · NEMALONI · EDENATES · VESUBIANI · VEAMINI · GALLITAE · TRIULLATI |
· ECDINI VELAUNI · SUETRI. |
Later life
The monument originally served no military purpose and contained no fortress. Rather, it marked the boundary between Italy and
The monument was partially restored in 1929 with funds from American philanthropist Edward Tuck.[7]
Nearby Roman remains
The Trophy is situated on the
Museums
The Edward Tuck Museum on the site of the Trophy includes fragments, plaster molds, old photographs documenting the monument and its reconstruction. It was built in 1929 and renovated in 2011.[7]
It also includes a 1:20 scale model of the reconstructed Trophy. Another 1:20 scale model is found in Room IX of the
See also
References
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, book III, 24.
- ^ Jules Formigé: La dédicace du Trophée des Alpes (La Turbie). In: Gallia. Vol. 13, 1955, No. 1, p. 101—102.
- ^ Commander-in-chief.
- ^ Dating the monument to 6 or 7 BCE
- ^ Sovereignty.
- ^ CIL V, 07817 =AE 1973, 323: Original Latin reads - IMP · CAESARI DIVI FILIO AVG · PONT · MAX · IMP · XIIII · TR · POT · XVII · S · P · Q · R · QVOD EIVS DVCTV AVSPICIISQVE GENTES ALPINAE OMNES QVAE A MARI SVPERO AD INFERVM PERTINEBANT SVB IMPERIVM P · R · SVNT REDACTAE · GENTES ALPINAE DEVICTAE :
- ^ a b Visitor information card (in French)
- ^ "Room XI: Augustus", Museo della Civiltà Romana