[Task] Romans - Symbology

[Lion.Kanzen]

Start this task by drawing the Roman patron city guardian Roma.

 

I'm going to do at least 3 variations.

 

Edited September 24, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

 Images of Roma had elements in common with other goddesses, such as Rome's Minerva, her Greek equivalent Athena and various manifestations of Greek Tyches, who protected Greek city-states; among these, Roma stands dominant, over piled weapons that represent her conquests, and promising protection to the obedient. Her "Amazonian".

 

Roman coinage shows a warlike "Amazon" type, possibly Roma but in Mellor's opinion, more likely a genius than dea (goddess). During the late Second Punic war and the Pyrrhic war, Rome issued coins with a Phrygian helmeted head; some are stamped 'Roma". In later coin issues, Roma wears varieties of the Attic helmet, the standard pattern for Roman army officers. In cases where clear coin legends are lacking, identification has been unresolved. Other female members of Romes's official pantheon were also helmeted, including Bellona, and Minerva, the latter being equivalent to Greek Athena, who is believed by some scholars to be Roma's original.[6]

 

 

The earliest, more-or-less unequivocal coin identification of Roma is a silver stater of c275 BC issued by Rome's ethnically Greek allies at Locri, on the Italian peninsula. It shows an enthroned woman with shield and other war-gear, clearly labelled as Roma. Another woman, labelled as Pistis (Greek equivalent to Roman Fides, or "good faith"), stands before Roma with a crown of leaves raised above her head. A Roman denarius of 114/115 shows Roma with Romulus, Remus and the she-Wolf, the mythological beast who fostered them, and nourished them with her milk; the coin image implies that Roma has protected and nourished Rome since its very foundation. Her "Amazonian" appearance recalls the fierce, barbaric, bare-breasted Amazons who fought in the Trojan war alongside the Trojans, supposed ancestors of the Romans.

 

Edited September 24, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

second more Hellenistic variation.

Edited September 24, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

I need to clean and polish it a bit.

[Lion.Kanzen]

more references. Luperca (she wolf).

 

[Lion.Kanzen]

 

Edited October 21, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

 

bonus extra hellenistic art

etruscan

[Lion.Kanzen]

I don't decide the she-wolf in which pose. and whether or not to include the twins.

[Lion.Kanzen]

Maybe if you ask Sundiata he can draw you one of these.

 

Instead of using the Roman fasces which is more a symbol of Roman law and justice and is rarely seen in iconography.

 

In addition, the Romans represented the faces charged by the lictores.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lictor

 

Edited May 23, 2023 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

I was making sketches.

About she wolf Luperca.

 

Edited March 15 by Lion.Kanzen