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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3207144, member: 83956&quot;][ATTACH=full]831673[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: “The coins of Nero bearing the temple of Janus reverse motif are generally accepted to refer to the peace following cessation of Corbulo’s campaigns against the Parthians and the installation of Tiridates, Parthian nominee for the throne, as King of Armenia. This type is scarce; it was issued after Nero’s assumption of “Imperator” as a praenomen (mid-66 A.D.) and was probably discontinued when the Jewish war broke out in November 66 A.D., probably causing the doors of the Temple of Janus to be opened once again. Harvey Shore writes about these interesting coins this most engaging observation (from Australia, September 1999): &#039;I have before me now a Roman sestertius of the emperor Nero. On one side his portrait. Carved by a Greek in the year A.D. 66, it shows the fleshy bust produced by fleshy living. This bust tells a story for anyone with eyes to see. Then there is the legend - titles for an ill deserved imperial reputation. Each one speaking of a specific senatorial decree - those poor craven men fearing for their lives and their wives - both of which Nero was wont to abuse. So many stories. And on the reverse of this big coin is the Temple of Janus - a beautiful reverse picture reeking of history. The great temple, whose doors were never closed while there was war anywhere throughout the empire. The doors had only ever been closed three times in the past. Nero closed them. The legend around the reverse says (in Latin) [“The peace of the people of Rome having been brought forth on land and sea, he closed (the Temple of) Janus.”]&#039;&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In this As version, the legend varies from the sestertius: “There are many variations on these things but the one I like best is the as variation that shows the reverse legend as used on the sestertius PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT rather than the usual as legend PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT. The smaller flan caused them to change ‘on land and sea’ to ‘everywhere’.” –Doug Smith</p><p><br /></p><p>AENEID, BOOK 7:</p><p>Latinus was also commanded to declare war in this way</p><p>on Aeneas’s people, and unbolt the sad gates,</p><p>but the old man held back his hand, and shrank</p><p>from the vile duty, hiding himself in dark shadows.</p><p>Then the Queen of the gods, gliding from the sky,</p><p>set the reluctant doors in motion, with her own hand:</p><p>Saturn’s daughter forced open the iron gates of War</p><p>on their hinges. Italy, once peaceful and immoveable, was alight.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/VirgilAeneidVII.php#anchor_Toc3086159" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/VirgilAeneidVII.php#anchor_Toc3086159" rel="nofollow">https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/VirgilAeneidVII.php#anchor_Toc3086159</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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