Octavian and the Prodigy of Munda
Abstract
Suetonius and Dio Cassius tell the prodigy of Munda (45 BC): the palm that, once cut, regenerated more vigorously so that the sprout grew taller than the trunk and where pigeons nested. This paper examines the different proposals of interpretation and it argues that the tree must be interpreted as a symbol of dynastic continuity and the pigeons as an expression of the offspring of the goddess Venus down to the Julio-Claudian.
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