Is This a Symbol of the Return of the Standards?

Even after augustus is apparently, you know, successful after civil war, there is still a continued emphasis on showing that success and continuing to demonstrate military superiority. There is evidence on the coinage of a an arch which seems to celebrate the return of the standards. It is depicted, well, unfortunately, the depiction is not consistent over the coins. But it does seem, based on the evidence we have from the coins and the archological evidence, that it was likely that there was a triumphal chariot with augustus in it. The actual physical standards themselves were a big part of augustus's display. And he tells us again in his raised guesti, his autobi

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