The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power: Proceedings of the Third Workshop of the International Network: Impact of Empire (Roman . - A.d. 476) Netherlands Institute in Rome

De Blois, Lukas & Paul Erdkamp, Olivier Hekster, Gerda De Kleijn, Stephan Mols

ISBN 10: 9050633889 / ISBN 13: 9789050633888

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2003

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Cloth, no dj. 505 pp. + plates. Slight shelf-wear to boards.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power: Proceedings of the Third Workshop of the International Network: Impact of Empire (Roman . - A.d. 476) Netherlands Institute in Rome
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9050633889
• ISBN 13: 9789050633888
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: Used-Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient, Rome

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Synopsis

From the days of the emperor Augustus (27 B.C.-A.D. 14) the emperor and his court had a quintessential position within the Roman Empire. It is therefore clear that when the Impact of the Roman Empire is analysed, the impact of the emperor and those surrounding him is a central issue. The study of the representation and perception of Roman imperial power is a multifaceted area of research, which greatly helps our understanding of Roman society. In its successive parts this volume focuses on
1. The representation and perception of Roman imperial power through particular media: literary texts, inscriptions, coins, monuments, ornaments, and insignia, but also nicknames and death-bed scenes.
2. The representation and perception of Roman imperial power in the city of Rome and the various provinces.
3. The representation of power by individual emperors.

About the Author

Lukas de Blois is Professor of Ancient History at the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands. He has published books and articles on the history of the Roman Empire in the third century A.D., the history of the Late Roman Republic, ancient historiography (Sallust, Tacitus, Cassius Dio), Plutarch’s biographies, and Greek Sicily in the fourth century B.C. He has also published a manual (L. de Blois & R.J. van der Spek, Introduction to the Ancient World, London/ New York 1997).