Emperors and ancestors : Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition / Olivier Hekster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hekster, Olivier, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.

Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emperors--Rome.

Emperors.

Emperors--Rome--Sources.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 395 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

This is the first systematic analysis of the different ways in which Roman imperial lineage was represented in the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted. Rather than focusing on individual rulers of the Roman Empire, it evaluates evidence over an extended period of time and differentiates between various types of sources, such as inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, literary text, and particularly central coinage, which forms the most convenient source material for a modern reconstruction of Roman representations of power over a prolonged period of time.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-180042-2

OCLC:

919055533