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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04049-6 - The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome Amy Russell Index More information Index Republican politicians are indexed by their nomen (Claudius, not Appius or Caecus). Literary authors and imperial figures are indexed by the name by which they are conventionally known (Augustus, not Julius; Catullus, not Valerius). Numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Acilius Glabrio, Manius, 108 Atria Licinia, 85 Aemiliana, 113 Atrium Libertatis, 85 Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus (cos. 187), 92, See also Atrium Maenium, xviii, 84, 92 Basilica Aemilia Atrium Publicum, 85 Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus (cos. 78), 92 Atrium Regium, xviii, 86 Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus (triumvir), 92 Atrium Sutorium, 85 Aemilius Regillus, Lucius, 113 Atrium Titium, xviii, 84, 92 Aemilius Scaurus, Marcus, 9, 171 Atrium Vestae, xviii, xix, 2–8, 4, 5, 6, 77, 81, 84 Africanus. See Cornelius house of the Vestals, xviii, xix, 2–3 ager publicus, 26, 28, 30, 31 Vesta, temple, xviii, xix, 3 agora, 51, 56, 70, 94 Auguraculum, 56 Agrippa, 162 augurs, augury Alexander the Great, 96, 98, 145, 147, 149, 156, relationship with politics, 56, 102 178, 186 used to define space, 56, 99 Alexandria, 90, 177 Augustus, 11, 112, 186 Althusser, Louis, 46 building programme, 156 Ambracia, 139, 147, See also Muses of Ambracia restorations to Pompey’s complex, 175, 176 Annius Milo, Titus, 34–40, 47, 55, 75, 183 transformation of public and private spheres, anonymity, 47, 54, 170 191–4 Antonius Orator, Marcus, 75 Antonius, Marcus (Mark Antony), 58, 160, basilicas, 80, 86, 87–94, 98, 117, 120, 125, 190 161, 162 Basilica Aemilia, xix, 67, 68, 69, 79, 92, 93, 94, Apollo Sosianus, temple, 123 120, 121 Apollo, temple, 118, 183 Basilica Opimia, xix, 20, 67, 94 Appuleius Saturninus, Lucius, 74 Basilica Porcia, xix, 77, 83, 88, 91, 93, 121, 152 architecture Basilica Sempronia, xix, 77, 81, 121 semantics of politics, 60, 90, 113 behavioural approach, 17, 22, 23, 33, 40–2, 71, 99, semantics of publicity, 52, 60, 90 100, 189 Area Capitolina, xvii, 105–10, 107, 114, 134, 137, Bellona, temple, xvii, 92, 114, 117–20, 189 188, 189 Bourdieu, Pierre, 149 statues cleared from, 110 Butler, Judith, 20 use for political assemblies, 101, 109 Argiletum, xviii, xix, 48, 66, 67, 68, 85 Caecilius (author), 26 Aristotle, 51 Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, Lucius, 69 Asculum Picenum, 170 Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Quintus, 10, Athens, 50–3, 60, 90, 147 96–9, 120–6, 134, 145–6, 149, 163, 178, atria (so-called atria publica), 77, 83–7, 88 See also Porticus Metelli 220 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04049-6 - The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome Amy Russell Index More information Index 221 Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Columna Bellica, 119 Quintus, 108 Comitium, xviii, xix, 6, 54, 56, 57, 62–5, Caesar. See Julius 64, 72 Caligula, 193 commercial space, 1 Calpurnius Piso, Gaius, 82 in basilicas, 90 Camenae, 143 in the agora, 51 Campus Martius, xvii, 35, 113, 144, 189, 192, See in the Forum, 48, 65, 67, 69, 71, 79–81 also individual sites and monuments: in the house, 78, 91 Aemiliana; Bellona, temple; Hercules in the so-called atria publica, 84, 85, 90 Musarum, temple; Lares Permarini, temple; Concordia, temple, xviii, xix, 20, 57, 65, Largo Argentina, area sacra di; Porticus 67, 72 Aemilia (Campus Martius); Porticus control. See also freedom of behaviour; Forum Metelli; Porticus Octavia; Porticus Romanum as controlled space Octaviae; Porticus Philippi; theatre/por- and architecture, 41, 61, 65, 70, 71, 88, 121, 127, tico/house complex of Pompey 142, 167, 170, 173 Carcer, xviii, xix, 65 and political space, 43–76, 78, 82–3, 87–95, Carvilius Maximus, Spurius, 109, 120, 137 168, 183 Cassius Hemina, 27 and punishment, 65 Cassius, Gaius, 169 and religion, 54, 56, 71, 100, 103, 105 Castor and Pollux, temple, xviii, xix, 35, 57, and sacred space, 110, 113, 117, 121, 125, 176 69, 101 and status, 22, 188 Cato. See Porcius and surveillance, 33, 42, 44, 54, 100, 167, Catullus, 169, 179 170, 188 Catulus. See Lutatius and theatrical space, 169–72 Cicero. See Tullius and violence, 30–41, 74 Circus Flaminius, xvii, 97, 139, 140, See also as diagnostic, 23, 33, 41, 105, 167 individual monuments: Hercules Musarum, by building patrons, 87–94, 113, 114, 117, temple; Porticus Metelli; Porticus Octavia; 121, 125, 128, 149, 152, 169–72, 176, Porticus Octaviae; Porticus Philippi 182–6, 190 citizens, citizenship, 27, 59, 104, See also populus by householders, 22, 36, 39, 82, 100, 156, Romanus 183, 188 as performative, 21 Coponius, 178 Athenian, 51, 94 Cornelii Scipiones. See also Tomb of the growth of the citizen body, 70 Scipios in the Forum, 21, 44, 45–7, 55, 65, 71, 94, Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, Publius, 188, 190 38, 109 male adult citizen as ideal viewer, 59, 94, 119, Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Publius, 77, 81, 112 129, 135 Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Lucius, 112 under Augustus, 192 Cornelius Scipio, Lucius (cos. 259), 111, See also Claudii Marcelli Tempestates, temple statues, 114, 137 Cornelius Sulla, Lucius, 70, 73, 110, 168 tomb, 114, 138 Cosa Claudius Caecus, Appius, 37, 38, 92, 114, 117–20 ‘atria publica’, 84 Claudius Marcellus, Gaius (cos. 50), 184 comitium, 63 Claudius Marcellus, Marcus (cos. 166), 137 Crassus. See Licinius Claudius Marcellus, Marcus (cos. 222), 130–9, cubiculum, 22 147, 148, 152, 163, 191, See also Honos et Curia, xviii, xix, 6, 35, 37, 54, 57, 62, 63, 64, 65, 74, Virtus, temple 75, 77, 183 captured celestial spheres, 135, 136 Curius Dentatus, Manius, 131 Claudius Pulcher, Appius (cos. 79), 92, 119 Clivus Argentarius, xviii, xix, 48 democracy Clivus Capitolinus, xviii, xix, 48 at Rome, 52, 66, 70, 71 Clodia, 38 Athenian, 50 Clodius, Publius, 34–40, 47, 75, 184 Diana, temple, 113 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04049-6 - The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome Amy Russell Index More information 222 Index domestic space, 12–16, 22, 33, 91, 113, See also Atrium Libertatis; Atrium Maenium; domus; palace; theatre/portico/house Atrium Publicum; Atrium Regium; Atrium complex of Pompey Sutorium; Atrium Titium; Atrium Vestae; and gender, x basilicas; Carcer; Castor and Pollux, temple; and luxuria, 9 Comitium; Concordia, temple; Curia; as controlled, 22 Domus Publica; Fornix Fabianus; Genius in the atria, 87 Populi Romani, shrine; Lacus Curtius; in the Forum, 2–3, 48, 77, 81–3 Lacus Juturnae; Lapis Niger; Marsyas; domus, 2, 12–16, 36, 81–3, 89, 193, See also Regia; Rostra; Sacra Via; Saturn, temple; domestic space; theatre/portico/house tabernae; Tabularium (so-called) complex of Pompey as controlled space, 53, 59, 62, 71 Aemilii, 93 as ‘neutral zone’, 61, 78 as commercial space, 78, 91 as place of memory, 57–9, 72 as political space, 52, 54, 91, 184 as sacred space, 57 as sacred space, 104 as uncontrolled space, 47–9, 62, 71–6 as semi-public, 1, 2, 9, 52, 59, 78, 82, 83, 87, boundary, 48, 51, 56, 67, 192 112, 162 change over time, 45, 55, 62–71, 80 as space of memory, 58, 59, 184 commercial activity in, 48, 65, 67, 69, 71, 77, Cn. Octavius, 91 79–81 domi and foras, 43, 60 dignitas, 45, 57, 69, 71, 80 overlaps with public architecture, 9, 13, 60, 61, houses in, 48, 54, 77, 81–3 89, 93, 94, 113, 192 nomenclature, 43 visibility and accessibility, 12, 50, 86, 168 orientation, 5, 49, 67 Domus Aurea, 193 statuary, 57, 59, 63 Domus Publica, xviii, xix, 3–7, 81 statues cleared from, 58, 87 Domus Rostrata, 161, See theatre/portico/house Foucault, Michel, 16, 99 complex of Pompey freedom of behaviour understood as typical of private space, 22, Ennius, 26 33, 47 and Fulvius Nobilior, 143, 148 understood as typical of public space, 22, and Greek culture, 144 31–42, 48, 73, 188, 192 statue, 112 Fulvius Nobilior, Marcus, 92, 139–45, 146, 148, 163, 178, See also Hercules Musarum, temple Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Quintus, 107, 109, funerals, 48, 58 133, 136, 138, 152 Fasti, 103, 115 games, 48, 54, 128 of Fulvius Nobilior, 144 of Pompey in 55 BCE, 164 Favonius, Marcus, 74 gendered space, ix–xi, 11, 62, 179 Felicitas, temple, 149 Genius Populi Romani, shrine, 72 feminist theory, ix–xi, 10 Glabrio. See Acilius Fornix Fabianus, xix, 67, 71 Goffman, Erving, 20 Fortuna Huiusce Diei, temple, xvii, 123, 149 graffiti, 20, 72, 190 forum (Latin term) Granikos monument, 96, 145–6, 147, 149, 178 and domus, 43, 60 Greek culture and memory, 60 and Fulvius Nobilior, 145 and openness, 54, 60 and Latin poetry, 144 definition, 64 art and luxuria, 132 metonymy for ‘politics’, 60 associated with private life, 150 metonymy for ‘politics’, 53 definition, 128 Forum Boarium, xvii definitions of public and private in, 11, 52 Forum Holitorium, 118 public architecture, 14 Forum of Augustus, 112, 186, 192 the polis and political ideology, 50–3 Forum of Caesar, 79 works of art, 127–52 Forum Romanum, xvii, xviii, xix, 2, 21, 35, 43–76, 77–95, 125, 188, 190, 192, See also individual Habermas, Jürgen, 144 sites and monuments: atria; Atria Licinia; Herculaneum, 15, 89 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04049-6 - The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome Amy Russell Index More information Index 223 Hercules Musarum, temple, xvii, 139–45, 140, libraries, 86, 150 143, 151, 189 Licinius Crassus, Gaius (tr. 145), 66, 69, 70 original portico, 141 Licinius Crassus, Marcus, 74 Hercules Pompeianus, temple, 123 Licinius Lucullus, Lucius (cos.
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