Emperors and emperorship in late antiquity : images and narratives

Weitere Verfasser: García Ruiz, Ma. Pilar , [HerausgeberIn]
Quiroga Puertas, Alberto J., 1978- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.
Umfang/Format: xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 27 B.C.-A.D. 406) (Series) 40
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Parallelausgabe: Emperors and emperorship in late antiquity (Online version:) | ISSN: 9789004446922
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 10 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Emperors and tyrants in the fourth century : outlining a new portrait of the ruler and of his role through images and words / Ignazio Tantillo
  • Constantine's Arch: a reassessment in the light of textual and material evidence / Diederik Burgersdijk
  • Purple and the depiction of Constantine in Eusebius and other contemporaneous Panegyrical works / José B. Torres
  • The Caesars: a myth on Julian's emperorship / María Pilar García Ruiz
  • Cosmic warnings and imperial responses: Ammianus' astronomical excursuses / Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz
  • Between expressionism and classicism: stylistic choices as means of legitimisation in late fourth-century imperial portraits / Fabio Guidetti
  • The letter from Magnus Maximus to Valentinian II (CA 39): two imperial images in conflict / María Victoria Escribano
  • Toying with Theodosius: the manipulation of the imperial image in the sources of the riot of the statues / Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas
  • Managing the empire while securing the throne: Theodosius I and the administrative structures of his empire / Daniëlle Slootjes.