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Benvenuti in queste pagine dedicate a scienza, storia ed arte. Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Torino

Saturday, June 8, 2019

AEGVPTO CAPTA

(Questa immagine ha licenza CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Moneta della collezione del British Museum. Si ringrazia il Museo per aver messo a disposizione l'immagine con licenza CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 

Curator's comments: This denarius celebrates the successful conclusion of Octavian's Egyptian campaign. The conquest the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt in August 30BC removed the last obstacle to Octavian's achievement of supreme power in the Roman world. In 29 BC, Octavian returned to Rome for his official triumph (a triple one, primarily celebrating his successes at Actium and Alexandria