/classics/ en /classics/2025/01/07/mary-ev-mcclanahan-2025-essay-prize <span>Mary E.V. McClanahan 2025 Essay Prize</span> <span><span>Brian Gordon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-07T14:46:03-07:00" title="Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 14:46">Tue, 01/07/2025 - 14:46</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/classics/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Truiumph%20of%20Aemilius%20Paullus.jpg?h=39dc4d91&amp;itok=K9iPAO47" width="1200" height="800" alt="Truiumph of Aemilius Paullus"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/278"> 2025 </a> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/137"> News and Events </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/279" hreflang="en">Arnold</a> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/26" hreflang="en">events</a> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/165" hreflang="en">lectures</a> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">mcclanahan</a> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/54" hreflang="en">news</a> <a href="/classics/taxonomy/term/141" hreflang="en">spotlight</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="text-align-center lead"><em><strong>Sine Spoliis:</strong></em><strong> The Commemoration of the Third Macedonian War through the </strong><em><strong>Porticus Octavia</strong></em><br>presented by Julius Arnold</p><p class="text-align-center lead">Friday, January 17th, 2025 at 4:30 P.M.<br>Eaton Humanities 250</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span><strong>Abstract</strong>: The lost </span><em>Porticus Octavia</em><span>, constructed after the Third Macedonian War, remains an enigmatic monument of the Middle Roman Republic. Built to commemorate Gnaeus Octavius鈥� capturing of the last Macedonian king Perseus, the building has received scant attention in surviving ancient literature and modern scholarship. In this talk, I argue that the monument likely served as a display space for spoils of war taken by Lucius Aemilius Paullus, who had defeated Perseus in battle. I shed light on how Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gnaeus Octavius collaborated to control the public memory of their military successes, situating the </span><em>Porticus Octavia</em><span>&nbsp;within the broader context of the commemoration of victories over Hellenistic kingdoms and the display of war spoils in the city of Rome.</span></p><p class="text-align-center"><a href="/classics/media/1890" rel="nofollow"><span>Download the event poster</span></a></p> <div class="align-center image_style-large_image_style"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/classics/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/FUR%20fragment.jpg?itok=na3nUNMF" width="1500" height="602" alt="Forma Urbis Romae"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-right"><span>Ancient map of Rome showing the </span><em><span>Porticus Octaviae</span></em><span>, confused with the </span><em><span>Porticus Octavia</span></em><span> by some ancient authors. The Stanford Digital Forma Urbis Romae: fr. 3 lu.</span></p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Congratulations to Julius Arnold! Winner of the 2025 Mary E.V. McClanahan Essay Prize</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/classics/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/Truiumph%20of%20Aemilius%20Paullus.jpg?itok=rGu5ta_G" width="1500" height="449" alt="Truiumph of Aemilius Paullus"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="text-align-center"><span>鈥淭he Triumph of Aemilius Paulus鈥� (1789) by Carle Vernet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.</span></p> </span> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 07 Jan 2025 21:46:03 +0000 Brian Gordon 1984 at /classics