A construção do Fórum de Augusto e do templo de Mars Ultor e a obra de Vitrúvio: repensando a aemulatio dos cânones arquitetônicos gregos no período augustano (séc. I a.C/I d.C)

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The only treatise on architecture which reached our days, almost complete, the De Architectura of Vitruvius, holds a great importance for the study of Roman architecture. Written and published at the time of transition between the Republic, as a form of government, and what became known as the Principate, this work has a strong connection with the context to which it belongs, linking itself noticeably to the constructive policy of Octavian Augustus, to whom the work is dedicated. This Emperor performed a profound transformation in the architectural landscape of Rome, making it worthy of being the capital of the Empire. In his recovery policy and restoration of the mos maiorum and morals and his attention to religion, he showed great effort in restoring and building temples throughout Rome. It is on this point of convergence, between architecture and religion, which we concentrate our attention in this work, when we analyze how Vitruvius, in his work, and Augustus, in his buildings, appropriated of a Greek architectural referential and of a Greek imagetic referential, thus sharing an architectural imaginary. To this end, we analyze one of the buildings of this Princeps, his Forum with the Temple of Mars Ultor, in order to realize the use of this referential as well as demonstrating how such constructions had the task of perpetuating the memory. This analysis is done with the De Architectura as a guide.

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CUNHA, Macsuelber C. B. A construção do Fórum de Augusto e do templo de Mars Ultor e a obra de Vitrúvio: repensando a aemulatio dos cânones arquitetônicos gregos no período augustano (séc. I a.C/I d.C). 2014. 187 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em História) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2014.