Acropolis Propylon
The Tiberia Platea was separated from the Augusta Platea by a monumental entrance (propylon) located on a dozen steps. The three arches of the propylon formed the entrance to the imperial sanctuary. An inscription on the architrave in bronze letters was dedicated to Augustus shortly after he received the title of Pater Patriae in 2 BC. On these interior and exterior faces, it was decorated with sculptures: reliefs celebrating the victories of Augustus on land and sea, a frieze representing oars and trophies, as well as the sign of Capricorn (astral ideology: probably intended to mean that Augustus' ascension was predestined into the stars). The reliefs represented victories, winged geniuses, captive barbarians (theme of triumph). The arguments developed by Adrian John Ossi and Benjamin Rubin concerning the representation of the god Men are however unfounded. On the propylon were human-sized statues of the goddess of victory, Augustus and other members of the imperial family. On the inside of the two central pillars was displayed the great testamentary text of Augustus, the Res Gestae divi Augusti. In Antioch, a Roman colony, it was engraved in Latin.
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