Zachos, Konstantinos L. (ed.) : The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis. The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium (Volume III)
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"Zachos, Konstantinos L. (ed.) : The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis. The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium (Volume III)"
Konstantinos L. Zachos (ed.),
The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis.
The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium (Volume III)
Athen 2026
ISBN 978-618-87125-3-9
538 S./pp., 652 Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 31,5 x 24,5 cm; kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag/hardcover with dust jacket
The publication devoted to the Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis – The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium is completed with the release of the third volume, bringing to conclusion a long-term and demanding research program of international scope.
The Monument erected by Augustus to commemorate his naval victory at Actium in 31 B.C., over the combined fleet of Mark Antony and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, dominates the hill on which he had established his headquarters, on the outskirts of the newly founded city of Nicopolis. Closely associated with the emergence of the Roman Empire, the monument ranks among the most significant archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century on account of its historical, ideological, and artistic importance.
This monumental complex combines a permanent victory tropaeum with an organized cult space, at the center of which stood a monumental Altar of Pentelic marble adorned with an elaborate sculptural program.
The third volume focuses on the systematic and fully documented reconstruction of the thousands of fragments deriving from the decoration of the Altar and of the monument as a whole. This study makes a substantial contribution to the understanding of public art in the Age of Augustus and of the visual language shaped through the creative interaction of Greek and Roman traditions.
The volume is the result of many years of sustained and methodical research conducted by Konstantinos Zachos and his international team of collaborators. It offers a fully documented and extensively illustrated presentation of the Monument and brings the trilogy to completion with a synthetic and scholarly assessment of its place in the history of art and in the ideological formation of early Imperial Rome.
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Konstantinos L. Zachos (ed.),The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis. The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium (Volume I & Volume II) Athen 2024ISBN 978-618-87125-0-8 (set) ISBN 978-618-87125-1-5 (vol. I) ISBN 978-618-87125-2-2 (vol. II) Band/volume I: 424 S./pp., 576 Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 31,5 x 24,5 cm; kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag/hardcover with dust jacket Band/volume II: 392 S./pp., 456 Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 31,5 x 24,5 cm; kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag/hardcover with dust jacket The first two volumes of the three-part scholarly edition on the Victory Monument of Actium at Nicopolis highlight a monumental complex of fundamental importance for understanding early Roman imperial ideology and architecture. Erected by Octavian Augustus on the sacred hill of Apollo, the monument stands as a tangible expression of his victory at the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.E.) and of the profound political transformation that followed – the transition from the Roman Republic to the Principate, the new regime named after the title princeps, which would define Roman rule for centuries. Comprising 14 chapters and contributions by leading experts across disciplines, this two-volume work offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the monument. As one of the first architectural projects of the Augustan era, combining the character of a victory tropaeum with that of a sacred cult site, the monument embodies the emerging imperial ideology and the consolidation of Augustus’ authority across three continents. This is a landmark publication of international relevance, addressed to the global scholarly community in archaeology, history, classical and humanistic studies, offering crucial insights into the transition to a new imperial world order.