Peace for All: Understanding the Vespasianic Peace through the Templum Pacis

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In this paper I aim to understand the meaning of peace that Vespasian expected to propagate through the Templum Pacis. Introducing the distinction between military peace and civic peace that the Romans were known to have set, I shed light on the arbitrariness of the dichotomy, which became blurred with the expansion of the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Principate. Vespasian’s Templum Pacis illustrated the convergence of military peace and civic peace. By depositing the spoils acquired from the Jewish revolt in the Templum Pacis, Vespasian demonstrated the military nature of the peace that he brought to the Empire. By locating his temple of peace on the previous site of Nero’s Domus Aurea and returning the artworks that Nero kept private in his palace to the public, Vespasian hammered home the image of civic peace that he achieved by ending the civil wars in the minds of people. By incorporating the features of garden and museum in his temple of peace, Vespasian provided a space where the people could engage in culture briefly and take a break from the bustle of the metropolis. This kind of leisure (otium) was previously thought to be something that only the elite aristocracy could enjoy in their private villas. Vespasian expanded the venue of otium in the Templum Pacis so that all Romans, whether aristocratic or plebeian, could taste the fruits of peace that he would continue to bring throughout his reign.

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