The Social Dynamics of Roman Imperial Imagery
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The Social Dynamics of Roman Imperial Imagery

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Images relating to imperial power were produced all over the Roman Empire at every social level, and even images created at the centre were constantly remade as they were reproduced, reappropriated, and reinterpreted across the empire. This book employs the language of social dynamics, drawn from economics, sociology, and psychology, to investigate how imperial imagery was embedded in local contexts. Patrons and artists often made use of the universal visual language of empire to navigate their own local hierarchies and relationships, rather than as part of direct communication with the central authorities, and these local interactions were vital in reinforcing this language. The chapters range from large-scale monuments adorned with sculpture and epigraphy to quotidian oil lamps and lead tokens and cover the entire empire from Hispania to Egypt, and from Augustus to the third century CE.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781108880459
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. 1 Introduction: Imperial Imagery and the Role of Social Dynamics
  11. 2 The Altars of the Lares Augusti: A View from the Streets of Augustan Iconography
  12. 3 Modelling the Emperor: Representations of Power, Empire, and Dynasty among Eastern Client Kings
  13. 4 Publica numina: Conspicuously Consuming the Imperial Image at Tomis
  14. 5 Roman Emperors, Conquest, and Violence: Images from the Eastern Provinces
  15. 6 Court Politics and Imperial Imagery in the Roman Principate
  16. 7 Local Aspirations and Statues of Emperors in Roman North Africa
  17. 8 The Altar of P. Perelius Hedulus in Carthage and the Social Aspects of Provincial Image-Making
  18. 9 Imagines et tituli: Epigraphic Evidence of Imperial Imagery in Meeting Places of Roman Professional corpora
  19. 10 The Imperial Image in Media of Mechanical Reproduction: The Tokens of Rome
  20. 11 When Was an Imperial Image?: Some Reflections on Roman Art and Imagery
  21. Index