Marcus Aurelius’ departure

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This canvas depicts the profectio of Marcus Aurelius at the beginning of the secunda expeditio germanica, in the year 178, when the philosopher‑emperor, after remaining in Rome for a couple of years, prepared to resume direct command of operations on the Danubian front. The scene unfolds vertically, like a solemn procession crossing the Eternal City and rising toward the symbols of imperial glory.

At the center, Marcus Aurelius advances on horseback, with the calm and determined attitude that the sources attribute to him in the most difficult moments of the wars against the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatian Iazyges. He wears the military cloak, the paludamentum, which falls neatly over his shoulders, while his right hand seems to gesture a greeting to the crowd. The horse proceeds with a steady pace along a paved Roman street, rendered in warm tones, as if the city itself were participating in the destiny of its emperor.

On either side, the Roman crowd gathers to acclaim him: citizens, veterans, women with children, all captured in a whirlwind of gestures and glances that express both pride and unease. They know that the new campaign will be long and uncertain, but they recognize in Marcus Aurelius the guarantor of the empire’s stability.
Two Praetorians on horseback escort him, armed with shield and gladius and wearing their characteristic decorated helmets. Their presence introduces a martial rhythm to the composition and underscores the official nature of the departure.

In the upper part of the canvas, in the background, stands the Triumphal Arch dedicated to Marcus Aurelius in 176, here represented as an ideal reconstruction based on the surviving panels preserved in the Capitoline Museums and those reused in the Arch of Constantine. The arch, reinterpreted according to Cristiano64’s vision, appears as a visual bridge between the glory already achieved and that still to be won. Its sculpted scenes—victories, submissions, acts of clemency—seem to watch from above as the emperor sets out toward the second chapter of a war that had begun more than ten years earlier (166/167). The canvas celebrates not only the departure for war, but also the sense of responsibility and sacrifice universally associated with the philosopher‑emperor.

Orientamento:	Vertical
Dimensione:	40x120 cm + 6 cm di bordo = 132x52 cm
Materiale:	Stampa su tela canvas (cotone 100%)
Edito da:	IBAM
Stampato da:	OVER S.r.l.
Anno di pubblicazione:	2026
Lingua:	Latino
Genere:	Storia d'Italia
Argomento:	Roma Antica: Marco Aurelio, Marcomannic Wars, Marcomannia, Secunda expeditio germanica, arco di Trionfo, guerre marcomanniche
Illustrazioni di:	Davide Percivalli
Testi e ricerche di:	Cristiano Sigurani
Fonti bibliografiche:	Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History, Books LXIX–LXXIII. Herodian, History of the Empire After Marcus Aurelius. Historia Augusta, Lives of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Anthony Richard Birley, Marco Aurelio, Milano 1990. Giovanni Brizzi, Cristiano Sigurani, Leoni sul Danubio: nuove considerazioni su un episodio delle guerre di Marco Aurelio, in Livio Zerbini (a cura di), Roma e le province del Danubio, Soveria Mannelli 2010. Andrea Carandini, Antonino Pio e Marco Aurelio, Milano 2020. G.Geraci e A.Marcone, Storia romana. Editio maior, Milano 2017.

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