A que passado regressar?: reconfigurar e renomear o urbanismo em Roma na época de Severo Alexandre: o caso do Palatino

Abstract

We know that Severus Alexander’s reign was certainly the last notable moment for imperial shaping of Roman topography, before Aurelian’s and the Tetrarchs’ labours at the end of the III rd century. The restoration of the theatrum Marcelli, or the new name given to the stadium Domitiani or to the thermae Neronianae are some relevant examples of Alexander’s urban plans. However, in observing the impact of Alexander’s labours in Rome, we discern that they often had focused in central areas of major ideological significance. In this paper I try to focus my analysis on Alexander’s intervention in the Palatine, essaying to reveal its political and ideological pattern.