Adventus (ceremony)

The adventus was a ceremony in ancient Rome, in which an emperor was formally welcomed into a city[1] either during a progress or after a military campaign, often (but not always) Rome. The term is also used to refer to artistic depictions (usually in relief sculpture, including coins) of such ceremonies.[2] Its 'opposite' is the profectio.[3]


O: draped and cuirassed bust with radiate crown of Trajan Decius IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG	R: Trajan Decius riding horse, raising hand and holding scepter ADVENTVS AVG
silver antoninianus struck in Rome 250 AD; ref.: RIC 11b; RSC 4 This coin was struck to the occasion of emperor's return (adventus) to Rome.

For comparable ceremonies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, sometimes employing consciously 'Roman' iconology, see Royal entry.

References

The Inheritance of Rome, Chris Wickham, Penguin Books Ltd. 2009, ISBN 978-0-670-02098-0. p. 67.
Sabine MacCormack (1974). Adventus and Consecratio: Studies in Roman Imperial Art and Panegyric from the Late Third to the Sixth Century. University of Oxford.
Björn C. Ewald; Carlos F. Noreña (2 December 2010). The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual. Cambridge University Press. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-521-51953-3.

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[1] The Inheritance of Rome, Chris Wickham, Penguin Books Ltd. 2009, ISBN 978-0-670-02098-0. p. 67.

[MacCormack1974-2] Sabine MacCormack (1974). Adventus and Consecratio: Studies in Roman Imperial Art and Panegyric from the Late Third to the Sixth Century. University of Oxford.

[EwaldNoreña2010-3] Björn C. Ewald; Carlos F. Noreña (2 December 2010). The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual. Cambridge University Press. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-521-51953-3.