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Original fileThis plate presents the obverse and reverse of various Roman coins, framed by Latin texts that document the transition from the Republic to the Empire. Portrayed figures include Julius Caesar, Octavian, and various Roman magistrates, alongside symbolic imagery like the two-faced head of Janus. The layout functions as a scholarly record, combining numismatic study with historical chronology.
This work represents the 16th-century humanist project of antiquarianism, where physical artifacts like coins were studied to reconstruct classical history and political theory. Such studies provided the historical framework for Renaissance philosophers who sought to reconcile Roman civic virtue and ancient law with contemporary natural philosophy.
FASTI MAGISTRATVVM ET ANN · AB VRB · COND EODEM ANNO IDIB · MART · C · IVLIVS C · F · C · N · CAESAR A BRVTO ET CASSIO CVM CONIVRATIS IN CVRIA OCCISVS EST IN EIVS LOCVM COS · FACTVS EST EX IDIB · MART P · CORNELIVS P · F · N · DOLABELLA DOLABELLA C · PANSA ALBINVS BRVTI F · D C C X A · HIRTI · A · F · PIETAS BELLVM CIVILE MVTINENSE C · VIBIVS C · F · C · N · PANSA IN MAGISTR · OCCIS · EST IN E · L · F · EST A · HIRTIVS A · F · NEPOS IN PROELIO OCCIS · EST IN E · L · F · EST CAESAR DIVI F · DIVI IVLI Q · PEDIVS M · F · CONCORDIA SALVS GENERIS HVMANI EX S · C · C · IVLIVS C · F · C · N · CAESAR OCTAVIAN · QVI POSTEA IMP · CAESAR AVGVSTVS APP · B · ABDIC · IN E · L · F · EST Q · PEDIVS M · F · NEPOS IN MAGISTR · MORTVVS EST IN EIVS LOC · FACT · EST C · CARRINC ROMA C · ALBIVS C · F · N · CARRINAS P · VENTIDIVS P · F · N · BASSVS IDEM QVI PRAETOR ERAT
Translation
FASTI OF THE MAGISTRATES AND YEARS FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY IN THE SAME YEAR, ON THE IDES OF MARCH, GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR, SON OF GAIUS, GRANDSON OF GAIUS, WAS KILLED BY BRUTUS AND CASSIUS WITH THE CONSPIRATORS IN THE CURIA. IN HIS PLACE WAS MADE CONSUL FROM THE IDES OF MARCH PUBLIUS CORNELIUS DOLABELLA, SON OF PUBLIUS, GRANDSON OF PUBLIUS DOLABELLA GAIUS PANSA ALBINUS, SON OF BRUTUS 710 AULUS HIRTIUS, SON OF AULUS PIETY CIVIL WAR AT MUTINA GAIUS VIBIUS PANSA, SON OF GAIUS, GRANDSON OF GAIUS, WAS KILLED IN OFFICE; IN HIS PLACE WAS MADE AULUS HIRTIUS, SON OF AULUS, NEPHEW, WAS KILLED IN BATTLE; IN HIS PLACE WAS MADE CAESAR, SON OF THE DIVINE, OF THE DIVINE JULIUS QUINTUS PEDIUS, SON OF MARCUS; CONCORD SALVATION OF THE HUMAN RACE BY DECREE OF THE SENATE GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR OCTAVIANUS, SON OF GAIUS, GRANDSON OF GAIUS, WHO LATER WAS CALLED IMPERATOR CAESAR AUGUSTUS, RESIGNED; IN HIS PLACE WAS MADE QUINTUS PEDIUS, SON OF MARCUS, NEPHEW, DIED IN OFFICE; IN HIS PLACE WAS MADE GAIUS CARRINAS OF ROME GAIUS ALBIUS, SON OF GAIUS, GRANDSON OF GAIUS, CARRINAS PUBLIUS VENTIDIUS BASSUS, SON OF PUBLIUS, GRANDSON OF PUBLIUS, THE SAME WHO WAS PRAETOR
Hubert Goltzius
Hendrick Goltzius produced these engravings for the antiquarian publications of his relative Hubert, specifically concerning Roman history and numismatics.
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
paper
height 206 mm x width 150 mm
scientific
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