TY - JOUR
TI - Ohnmacht und Religion. Bemerkungen zu einigen Götterdarstellungen auf den Medaillons des Antoninus Pius
AU - Mittag, Peter Franz
TI - Ohnmacht und Religion. Bemerkungen zu einigen Götterdarstellungen auf den Medaillons des Antoninus Pius
AB - Literary sources, inscriptions and coins present Antoninus Pius as an emperor perfectly representing the traditional ideal of a pious emperor who promotes traditional Roman and Italian cults. On the other side his medallions which were meant to some extent as gifts for his close friends show a series of unusual gods and mythical scenes. Some of these medallions seem to reflect the emperor’s personal religious belief. Gods connected to mysteries like Ceres and Cybele as well as healing gods like Aesculapius seem to belong to the emperor’s religious strategies to handle difficult situations as illness and death within his family – and thus reflect a more or less ‘powerless’ side within the topic of ‘power and religion’. 
VL - 2014
IS - Volume 21
PY - 2015
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 133
EP - 152
DO - 10.4467/20800909EL.14.001.2785
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/ohnmacht-und-religion-bemerkungen-zu-einigen-gotterdarstellungen-auf-den-medaillons-des-antoninus-pius
KW - Antoninus Pius
KW - medallions
KW - representations of gods
KW - Ceres
KW - Cybele
KW - Aesculapius