The Emperor and Rome

Herausgeber: Ewald, Björn C.; Noreña, Carlos F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores ancient Rome under the impact of monarchy and as one of the structures which shaped the monarchy itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781107519060
• ISBN-10: 1107519063
• Artikelnr.: 42581726

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Björn C. Ewald and Carlos F. Noreña; 1. By the emperor, for
the people: 'popular' architecture in Rome Paul Zanker; 2. The emperor and
senatorial aristocracy in competition for public space Werner Eck; 3.
Propaganda, staged applause, or local politics? Public monuments from
Augustus to Septimius Severus Emanuel Mayer; 4. Pompey's Theater and
Tiberius' Temple of Concord: a Late Republican primer for an early Imperial
patron James E. Packer; 5. Antonine Rome: security in the homeland Mary T.
Boatwright; 6. Liberator urbis suae: Constantine and the ghost of Maxentius
Elizabeth Marlowe; 7. The portraits of Roman emperors and their families:
controversial positions and unresolved problems Klaus Fittschen; 8.
Crossing the pomerium: the armed ruler at Rome Michael Koortbojian; 9. How
the Emperor Nero lost acceptance in Rome Egon Flaig; 10. The imperial
funerary pyre as a work of ephemeral architecture Eve D'Ambra; 11. Roman
imperial funerals in effigie Javier Arce.