Open AccessA head from Karataš attributed to emperor Clodius Albinus
Author(s) -
D Miodrag Tomovic
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
starinar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0739
pISSN - 0350-0241
DOI - 10.2298/sta0252063t
Subject(s) - portrait , emperor , head (geology) , interpretation (philosophy) , group (periodic table) , empire , fortress (chess) , art , ancient history , art history , history , philosophy , geology , linguistics , chemistry , organic chemistry , geomorphology
In the fortress on the Karataš site (Diana), which was enclosed in the Đerdap part of the Danube limes, a male head has been discovered, with portrait characteristics showing it as an official, imperial portrait. It is a portrait belonging to a specific, small group of imperial portraits originating from the territory of the Roman Empire, with the problem of identification and interpretation present in the international archaeology ever since the end of the 19th century. The find of the head from Karataš is connected with the mentioned small group of portraits belonging, according to a group of authors, to Septimius Severus (193–211), while the other group thinks it is a portrait of Clodius Albinus (193–197). After a few decades this is the first discovered find belonging to this group, which again actualizes the problem who of the mentioned two emperors was portrayed on the head from Karataš