Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire / edited by Diederik W.P. Burgersdijk and Alan J. Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burgersdijk, D. W. P. (Diederik W. P.)

Ross, Alan J. (Alan James), 1983-

Series:

Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean 1.

Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean, 2405-4771 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emperors--Rome--Biography.

Emperors.

Emperors--Historiography.

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

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 353 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Summary:

Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious, and literary contexts. Drawing on the recent Representational Turn in the study of imperial power, these essays examine how literary authors working in various genres, both Latin and Greek, and of differing religious affiliations construct and manipulate the depiction of a series of emperors from the late third to the late fourth centuries CE. In a move away from traditional source criticism, this volume opens up new methodological approaches to chart intellectual and literary history during a critical century for the ancient Mediterranean world.

Contents:

1Introduction / Diederik Burgersdijk and Alan J. Ross

Decius and Valerian / David Potter

Scelerum inventor et malorum machinator. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy in Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum / Jürgen K. Zangenberg

An Emperor for all Seasons—Maximian and the Transformation of His Political Representation / Alessandro Maranesi

Maxentius and the aeternae urbis suae conditores: Rome and Its Founders from Maximian to Constantine (289–313) / Raphael G.R. Hunsucker

Constantine, the Tetrarchy, and the Emperor Augustus / Catherine Ware

Constantine’s Son Crispus and His Image in Contemporary Panegyrical Accounts / Diederik Burgersdijk

Uncovering Constans’ Image / George Woudhuysen

The Constantinians’ Return to the West: Julian’s Depiction of Constantius II in Oration 1 / Alan J. Ross

Julian’s Self-Representation in Coins and Texts / María Pilar García Ruiz

Jovian between History and Myth / Jan Willem Drijvers

Valentinian as Portrayed by Ammianus: A Kaleidoscopic Image / Daniël den Hengst

Gratitude to Gratian: Ausonius’ Thanksgiving for His Consulship / Bruce Gibson

Authorising Freedom of Speech under Theodosius / Roger Rees

Claudian’s Stilicho at the Urbs: Roman Legitimacy for the Half-Barbarian Regent / Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-04-37092-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004370920 DOI