The Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs of Nicomedia Uncovering the Colourful Life of Diocletian's Forgotten Capital -Studies in Classical Archaeology ( SCA 12 )

prima edizione Studies in Classical Archaeology (SCA 12) T. Sare Agtürk The Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs of Nicomedia Uncovering the Colourful Life of Diocletian's Forgotten Capital XX+200 p., 7 b/w ill. + 255 colour ill., 1 b/w tables, 216 x 280 mm, 2021 ISBN: 978-2-503-59478-1 Languages: English, Turkish Paperback- The publication is available. Retail price: EUR 130,00 This book presents the very first discussion of an astonishing group of painted Roman reliefs discovered from an imperial complex, at the centre of Diocletian's empire at Nicomedia. This ground-breaking volume offers the first publication of a major new monument of Roman power in Asia Minor: sixty-six painted marble frieze panels from the city of Nicomedia with an excellent archaeological and architectural context from the Tetrarchic period. During the rule of Diocletian, Nicomedia was the centre of the Late Roman Empire in the east, and the reliefs of the frieze, which decorate an imperial complex built at this time, represent an astonishing combination of imperial, mythological, and agonistic scenes. The reliefs found in Nicomedia fill an important gap in our knowledge between the Severan and Constantinian periods, and provide the East Roman Empire with a defining monument that can be set beside - and in striking counterpoint to - the Arch of Constantine in Rome. Published here in full colour and fully documented, the Nicomedia Frieze is, in this hugely important scholarly monograph, brought to the public for the very first time. Tuna Sare Agtürk is a professor of Classical art and archaeology at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Currently continuing her research as the European Commission's Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, she has been directing the Çukurbag Archaeological Project in Nicomedia since 2015. She is also the recipient of several grants and awards including those from the Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey and the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard University. Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: Nicomedia, Archaeology, and History Chapter 2. Technique, Style, and Color Chapter 3. Iconography and Interpretation I: Imperial Depictions: Emperors in War and Triumph Chapter 4. Iconography and Interpretation II: Mythological Depictions: Eponymous Heroes of Nicomedia Chapter 5. Iconography and Interpretation III: Agonistic Depictions: Games and Festivals of the 'New' Imperial Capital Chapter 6. Conclusion and Turkish Summary (Türkçe Özet) Chapter 7. The Reliefs: A Catalogue Appendix I: Catalogue of the Smaller Relief Fragments Appendix II: Concordance of Catalogue and Inventory Numbers Bibliography Index