PERSONALITY AND DESTINY Apollodorus of Damascus
Dr. Mihai Zamfir
Artist de geniu, burdened with an equally glorious destiny and capricious, however, with shaded areas, Apollodorus of Damascus is still the man who although not proposed to submit the time was the one who ended up not down time.
To accede to such status, Apollodorus was, before being a great artist, a great lover and servant of the true. The quality, mark of the elect, Apollodorus make today is for us a true criterion of truth, and for us Romanians a referee indisputable authority in a matter of life and death, that the origin of our people.
As you may have already noticed this is the second fundamental work of Apollodorus, known as Trajan's Column. It is well established, and so learned beyond question, character means to glorify the power of Rome columns. Realization of the monument required a justifiable only Impressive effort by its status as matter of state. In these circumstances architect-engineer the artist's responsibility was one really huge, deadly political order imposing hardship which wanted a sense of reality filtering unique exclusive service of the prestige of Rome.
Beyond narrative thread, Apollodorus has allowed an exemption from subtle rhythm of writing in stone imnică triumph march of the Roman army, by practicing a realism not refuse to limited partners work. Romans could not defeat some no identity. And in this moment of Column propaganda film yield to reality, Dacians port faces and say nothing but imperial propaganda.
Leaving little behind these considerations to get the consequences, actual say, the act of Syrian Apolosor. It is of course well known to return to the current debate on the origin of our people that a part of academic historical circles trying to place in one area latinism absolutely, argued as to how many decades ago but now questionable. Without question or criticism antilatiniştilor will not stop once the arguments are-nmulţesc, even as Latinists refusal to talk will not give, once reality ceased to foster a more accepting views contrary to facts. At this point the true jam seems when clarifying, happened long ago, offers us just Apolodor.
It is well-known episode Badea Cartan. A peasant with some theory doped literate Latinist, promoted the Transylvanian School ( otherwise politically very effective in that historic moment ) go to Trajan's Column in Rome to see their ancestors. May lack of accommodation, May the love of ancestors, novel Badea Cartan, Transylvanian peasant in its port, sleeps at the foot of Trajan's Column. Rome descide morning when eyes certificate is already written ethnicity. Residents of Rome, Latin imperial capital, Is Column wonder the Roman glory fell at her feet one if. In the capital of the empire, after 18 centuries, directions descendants of Latin, Italians, found that latinization Dacians had turned them in —Dacians.
A finding for which neither the university nor high wages high academic.
In what concerns the Cartan, This leaves Roman Dacia and returns whether the Rome. Over centuries Apollodorus tells Romanians : You are not followers of Rome.
P.S.
Cartan's Name, through a quirk of fate is so Dacian that maybe we should see in this a warning given măsluitorilor history. If dressed as a, with names and if believing Roman, Cartan arrives just in Rome to find out for himself and all his people and if he is not novel. This I say Romans.
