The iconography of the Roman province personi cations and their role in the imperial propaganda
The iconography of the Roman province personi cations and their role in the imperial propaganda

Summary/Abstract: The province personifications are a special element of Roman art that are strongly connected to Rome’s expansive policy and self-reflection. The depiction of the provinces in female form could only come to exist after the provinces themselves were established. In most cases the depictions are found within the official art, so in this respect they carry vital information on how the central administration viewed its own parts of the Empire in a given period. In some cases the use of the province personifications can also be attested in the private sphere, which is an important source for the dialogue between the state propaganda and the average citizen. It reflects how effectively, when and which representation, or rather the massage it carried, reached the population

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