CLAS 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Riderless Horse, Torpedo, Through The Ashes Of Empires
20 Apr 2017
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Another name is amaelius paulus, he defeated perseus at pydna in 168, end of third macedonian war. This is the battle that broke the back of macedonian power. it marked the end of macedonian independence. Perseus would later be arrested at sanctuary of great gods, then paraded in a triumph, die in prison. The pydna monument was erected ins sanctuary of apollo at delphi, served as most public of all venues to advertise achievements, any of them: was put in the most high profile place. In the site, same thing, put it up right infront of the te(cid:373)ple of apollo. It"s a (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:373) high pilla(cid:396) (cid:373)ade f(cid:396)o(cid:373) pe(cid:374)telli(cid:272) (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:271)le. Has (cid:396)elief f(cid:396)ieze, su(cid:396)(cid:373)ou(cid:374)ted (cid:271)y a (cid:271)(cid:396)o(cid:374)ze a(cid:374)d gilt e(cid:395)uest(cid:396)ia(cid:374) statues of paullus. Paulus just appriopriated it and made changes: frieze: the decisive battle, different scenes of fighting. At the center is a riderless horse, shown galloping into the distance, to refer to a decisive event.
