Two Misunderstood Visual Puns in Public Protests against Nero in A.D. 68 (SUET. NERO 45.2)
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https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.v72i.142660Abstract
Suetonius records a short list of four different examples of public protest
against Nero at Rome during early A.D. 68 (Nero 45.2). One allegedly involved the adornment
of a statue of Nero with an inscription and a lock of hair (cirrus), the other the
adornment of his statue with an inscription and a leathern canteen (ascopa). It is argued
here that the true significance of these two protests has been lost because the key terms
used to describe the objects placed on the statues were altered during the transmission
of the accounts of these events resulting in the obscuring of the puns that had been
central to their understanding.
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