Palm Trees and Palm Branches in Graeco-Roman Iconography

Keywords: Judaea - capta - Phoenix - palm - victory - Jewish war (ProQuest: Appendix omitted.) 1 Introduction1 Vespasian's victory in the First Jewish War (66-74 AD), and especially the capture of Jerusalem in 70 AD by his son Titus, were an important source of popularity for this new Roman emp...

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Published inHistoria : Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 463 - 493
Main Author Nussbaum, Johannes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Stuttgart Franz Steiner Verlag 01.12.2021
Subjects
Coins
Iconography
Inscriptions
Jewish people
Philology
Roman civilization
Jerusalem Israel
Judaea
Israel
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Summary:Keywords: Judaea - capta - Phoenix - palm - victory - Jewish war (ProQuest: Appendix omitted.) 1 Introduction1 Vespasian's victory in the First Jewish War (66-74 AD), and especially the capture of Jerusalem in 70 AD by his son Titus, were an important source of popularity for this new Roman emperor, who lacked dynastic legitimation. Sometimes it appears as entire tree, and sometimes as frond or wreath. [...]the palm tree changed its iconographical meaning when it was imported from the Near Eastern into the Graeco-Roman world. In the subsequent chapter, the more disputable connection between the palm tree and Eastern countries will be tested against botanical, iconographical, numismatic, and literary evidence. The motives, too, are diverse and appear in different combinations, not every motive being on every coin: the victorious imperator, the Roman victory monument tropaeum, the goddess Victoria, a mourning woman, a male captive, and a palm tree, most often bearing bunches of dates.
ISSN:0018-2311
2365-3108
DOI:10.25162/HISTORIA-2021-0017