The Goddess Fortuna in Imperial Rome: Cult, Art, Text - University of ...

a related Augustan and Vespasianic-phase Fortuna monument in the vicinity of
the Theater of Marcellus in Rome (see Chapter 4, 253ff.).
THE TYCHE OF ANTIOCH AND THE INFLUENCE OF IMPERIAL ROME 64
The Tyche of Antioch statue, commissioned around 300 BCE, was one of
the most famous Tyche statues in the Greco-Roman world, according to the
proliferation of its image in numerous media. The creation of other Tyche statues
in Antioch, by Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Trajan, and Alexander Severus, based on
or related to the original Tyche statue, reflects the continuation of the prominence
of the Tyche statue during the imperial period. The contemporaneous
proliferation of city Tychai on coinage of the Greek East, many of which emulate
the Tyche of Antioch statue, underlines the renewed importance of the city Tyche
statuary during the imperial period.
The statue: description
The nature of the Tyche of Antioch statue has been the subject of several,
meticulous studies. 65 I would like to review the primary evidence concerning the
statue and add, briefly, my own observations.
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