Ohnmacht und Religion : Bemerkungen zu einigen Götterdarstellungen auf den Medaillons des Antoninus Pius

Bibliographic description

title:	Ohnmacht und Religion : Bemerkungen zu einigen Götterdarstellungen auf den Medaillons des Antoninus Pius
author:	Mittag Peter Franz
journal title:	Electrum
volume:	21
date of publication :	2014
pages:	133-152
ISSN:	1897-3426
eISSN:	2084-3909
DOI:	10.4467/20800909EL.14.001.2785
language:	German
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	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 refl ect 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 diffi cult situations as illness and death within his family – and thus refl ect a more or less ‘powerless’ side within the topic of ‘power and religion’
keywords in English:	Antoninus Pius, medallions, representations of gods, Ceres, Cybele, Aesculapius
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper