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Emperors and Ancestors
Olivier Hekster
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Description for Emperors and Ancestors
Hardcover. Emperors and Ancestors analyses the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented, looking at the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted, such as coinage, inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, and literary text. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 432 pages, 134 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Ancestry played a continuous role in the construction and portrayal of Roman emperorship in the first three centuries AD. Emperors and Ancestors is the first systematic analysis of the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented in the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted. Looking beyond individual rulers, Hekster 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 over a prolonged period of time. ... Read more
Ancestry played a continuous role in the construction and portrayal of Roman emperorship in the first three centuries AD. Emperors and Ancestors is the first systematic analysis of the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented in the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted. Looking beyond individual rulers, Hekster 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 over a prolonged period of time. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198736820
SKU
V9780198736820
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About Olivier Hekster
Olivier Hekster is Professor of Ancient History at the Radboud University Nijmegen.
Reviews for Emperors and Ancestors
Hekster's study is filled with surprising interpretations, important remarks, and inspiring conclusions, but its greatest merit lies in looking at the image of emperors and their predecessors with the long-term perspective in mind.
Lechosław Olszewski, EOS: Commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum
Olivier Heksters Emperors and Ancestors is an important contribution to the study of the images of Roman ... Read more
Lechosław Olszewski, EOS: Commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum
Olivier Heksters Emperors and Ancestors is an important contribution to the study of the images of Roman ... Read more