Emperors and ancestors : Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition
Parallelsachtitel: |
Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition |
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1. Verfasser: |
Hekster, Olivier
, [VerfasserIn]
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Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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Ausgabe: | First edition. |
Umfang/Format: |
xxxii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Schriftenreihe: |
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
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Schlagworte: | |
Parallelausgabe: |
Emperors and ancestors : Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction to dynastic rule
- Part I: Family ties. Running in the family
- Your mother's son
- We go bay back
- Part II: Claiming kinship. Some have ancestors thrust upon them
- Sons of gods and heroes
- The Tetrarchs: Divine brothers and fictive fathers
- Conclusions: Emperors and ancestral representations
- Emperors and their dates of rule
- Imperial Stemmata.