#germanicus
Portrait of Germanicus. From Cordoba. 15-19 AD. Marble. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. MND 968 / Ma 3135
This portrait belongs to type creared shortly afler the adoption of Germanicus by emperor Tiberius.
myglyptothek: Faces of ancient Rome
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THE ARCH OF GERMANICUS AT SAINTES
The Arch of Germanicus was built by Caius Julius Rufus, a wealthy citizen of Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes) in AD 19. The inscription beneath the cornice states that the arch was dedicated to Germanicus, the adopted son of Tiberius:
GERMANICO [CAESA]R[I] TI(berii) AUG(usti) F(ilio)
DIVI AUG(usti) NEP(oti) DIVI IULI PRONEP(oti)
[AUGU]RI FLAM(ini) AUGUST(ali) CO(n)S(uli) II IMP(eratori) II
[To Germanicus Caesar, son of Tiberius Augustus, grandson of the deified Augustus, great-grandson of the deified Julius, augur, flamen, augustales, consul for the second time, hailed imperator for the second time.]
The arch commemorates the death of Germanicus in AD 19, but inscription’s disproportionately long reference to Tiberius indicates that the monument was tacitly addressed to the emperor.
The donor is fully identified by an inscription that carved on all four sides of the arch:
C(aius) IVLI[us] C(aii) IVLI(i) OTUANEUNI F(ilius) RVFVS C(aii) IVLI(i) GEDOMONIS NEPOS, EPOTSOVIRIDI PRON(epos)
[SACERDOS ROMAE ET AUG]USTI [AD A]RAM QU[A]E EST AD CONFLUENT[E]M, PRAEFECTUS [FAB]RUM, D(at).
[Caius Julius Rufus, son of Caius Julius Otuaneunus, grandson of Caius Julius Gedemo, great-grandson of Epotsovirid(i)us, priest of Rome and of Augustus at the altar at Confluens, prefect of works, gave this.]
The arch originally stood over the road running from Lyon to Saintes. To allow for the expansion of the river quays in 1843, it was was disassembled and relocated 15 meters closer to the entrance to the city.
