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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whizb4ng, post: 1800359, member: 54140&quot;]Germanicus was a very, very prominent general,incredibly popular amongst the people, and expected to be the next emperor. There was most likely more than a few statues of him during his lifetime. However, my understanding of Julio-Claudian portraiture is limited but all of the Julio-Claudian was somewhat idealized (For example Augustus is never shown old even in later statues when he was 60+). It was used as a propaganda tool to remind the citizens of their lineage. They wanted the people to remember that they were descended from Augustus himself. The statues of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius all had some stylized version of Augustus&#039; &#039;crab claw locks&#039; Germanicus would have been no different.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I say the people loved Germanicus, my understanding that they LOVED Germanicus and Caligula would have played that up a lot when trying to gain favour from the people. He would have been idealized in a Julio-Claudian fashion and in a heroic pose. A good example of this would be the coin of Germanicus that Caligula struck showing on the obverse the triumph and on the reverse Germanicus standing in military dress.</p><p><br /></p><p>To my understanding after Caligula was removed from power Claudius also played up his relation to Germanicus to develop favour with the masses.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, yes I believe they would have been based on preexisting statues but those statues would definitely have been idealized somewhat in a Julio Claudian Fashion. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my humble understanding of it from a class I took two years ago when completing my undergrad. Hopefully someone will come improve on it and correct what I mistakenly placed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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