Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.17.2, pp. 736-826
 
The Theology of Victory at Rome: Approaches and Problems
by J. Rufus Fears, Bloomington, Indiana

Contents

I. Prologue 737
II. Definition 740

1. The Theology of Victory as Religious Concept

740

2. The Theology of Victory as Political Myth

749
III. The Evolution of a Theology of Victory at Rome 753

1. The Hellenic Background

753

a) Victory, Gods, and Men

753

b) Arete, Eutychia, and the Theology of Victory in the Greek World

758

c) Alexander and the Diadochi

764

2. The Theology of Victory and the Imperialism of the Roman Republic

773

3. The Personalization of the Theology of Victory at Rome

778

a) The First Stages

778

b) Virtus and Genus on the Coinage of the Late Second Century

783

c) The Charismatic Generals of the Last Century of the Republic

787
IV. The Theology of Victory and the Imperial Order 804

1. Victoria and the Augustan Achievement

804

2. Victoria Augusti and the Divine Paradigm

808
List of Illustrations 825
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