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Etiam ferocissmos domari.
Even the fiercest are tamed.
EMBLEMA XXIX.
Romanum postquàm eloquium, Cicerone perempto, [1]
Perdiderat patriae pestis acerba suae,
Inscendit currus victor, iunxitque leones[2],
Compulit & durum colla subire iugum:
Magnanimos cessisse suis Antonius armis,
Ambage hac cupiens significare duces.
After Antony, that grievous bane of his country, had destroyed eloquence by slaying Cicero, he mounted his chariot in triumph and yoked to it lions, forcing their necks to bow to the harsh yoke, desiring by this symbolic act to indicate that great leaders had given way before his military might.
1. ‘had destroyed eloquence by slaying Cicero’. Cicero was considered Rome’s greatest orator - his name was held by many to be synonymous with eloquence itself; see Quintilian, Institutio oratoria 10.1.112. Mark Antony had Cicero murdered in 43 BC in revenge for his scathing attacks in the fourteen ‘Philippic’ orations. See Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae 6.17.
2. Cf. Pliny, Natural History 8.21.55: Antony was the first to yoke lions to a chariot in Rome...by this unnatural sight giving people to understand that noble spirits were at that time bowing to the yoke.
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- (story of) Mark Antony non-aggressive activities of person from classical history [98B(MARK ANTONY)5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ancient forms of military vehicles: chariot, battle wagon, etc. [4.50E+32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ holding something) [31A2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ movements of animal(s)) [25F23(LION)(+52)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown [41D211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- harness [46C1411] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting on an elevation (+ forward) [31A2352(+61)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting or lying with one leg stretched forward and the other leg drawn up (+ sitting) [31A2626(+53)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Authority, Power; 'Dominio', 'Giurisdittione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53C11(+4):54F2(+2)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- death of Cicero: he is slain by soldiers at the order of the triumvirs [98B(CICERO)68] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Eloquence; 'Eloquenza', 'Fermezza & Gravità dell'Oratione' (Ripa) [52D3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Vehemence, Violence, Fierceness; 'Sforza con Inganno', 'Violenza' (Ripa) [54AA4] Search | Browse Iconclass
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