Roman Coins and Public Life Under the Empire
Author: George M. Paul
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780472108756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpens windows into imperial policy and artistic taste
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Faces of Power
Author: Nicholson Museum
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9781864878332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJulia Augusta
Author: Tracene Harvey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-05
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 0429648502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJulia Augusta examines the socio-political impact of coin images of Augustus’s wife, Livia, within the broader context of her image in other visual media and reveals the detailed visual language that was developed for the promotion of Livia as the predominant female in the Roman imperial family. The book provides the most comprehensive examination of all extant coins of Livia to date, and provides one of the first studies on the images on Roman coins as gender-infused designs, which created a visual dialogue regarding Livia’s power and gender-roles in relation to those of male members of the imperial family. While the appearance of Roman women on coins was not entirely revolutionary, having roughly coincided with the introduction of images of powerful Roman statesmen to coins in the late 40s BCE, the degree to which Livia came to be commemorated on coins in the provinces and in Rome was unprecedented. This volume provides unique insights into the impact of these representations of Livia, both on coins and in other visual media. Julia Augusta: Images of Rome’s First Empress on the Coins of the Roman Empire will be of great interest to students of women and imperial imagery in the Roman Empire, as well as the importance of visual representation and Roman imperial ideology.
Religion and Society in Roman Palestine
Author: Douglas R. Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-05
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1134402899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of papers focussing on the contributions made by archaeology to the understanding of society in Palestine in the Roman period. The papers enable the two ways of evidence to interact in an unprecedented way.
The Emperor Commodus
Author: Geoff W. Adams
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1612337228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work establishes the various perspectives surrounding and emanating from the Roman Emperor Commodus. Included are an in-depth analysis of his major influences as a child/youth, particularly in relation to his family, as well as a discussion of the influences that had occurred in Rome and while in the provinces, despite the frequent denial of any positive attributes towards him within the works of many late Republican authors. Adams analyses the progression of influences and events throughout the life of the infamous emperor in order to clearly establish Commodus' perspectives about not only the Principate, but also how his role within Roman society was clearly influenced by the ideals of his more well-received predecessors (the 'Five Good Emperors' - Edward Gibbon). It is intended that this work will not only appeal to an academic audience but also interested students and laymen who have an interest in one of the most intriguing and infamous characters of the Ancient World.
Crises and the Roman Empire
Author: O. Hekster
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-06-30
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 904742090X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents the proceedings of the seventh workshop of the international thematic network Impact of Empire, which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire. It focuses on the impact that crises had on the development and functioning of the Roman Empire from the Republic to Late Imperial times.
Material Culture and Cultural Identity: A Study of Greek and Roman Coins from Dora
Author: Rosa Maria Motta
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2014-03-20
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 1784910937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents numismatics from the ancient harbor town of Dor/Dora in modern Israel with a history that spanned from the Bronze Age until the Late Roman Era.
Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome [3 volumes]
Author: Sara Elise Phang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2016-06-27
Total Pages: 1504
ISBN-13: 1610690206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe complex role warfare played in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations is examined through coverage of key wars and battles; important leaders, armies, organizations, and weapons; and other noteworthy aspects of conflict. Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia is an outstandingly comprehensive reference work on its subject. Covering wars, battles, places, individuals, and themes, this thoroughly cross-referenced three-volume set provides essential support to any student or general reader investigating ancient Greek history and conflicts as well as the social and political institutions of the Roman Republic and Empire. The set covers ancient Greek history from archaic times to the Roman conquest and ancient Roman history from early Rome to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE. It features a general foreword, prefaces to both sections on Greek history and Roman history, and maps and chronologies of events that precede each entry section. Each section contains alphabetically ordered articles—including ones addressing topics not traditionally considered part of military history, such as "noncombatants" and "war and gender"—followed by cross-references to related articles and suggested further reading. Also included are glossaries of Greek and Latin terms, topically organized bibliographies, and selected primary documents in translation.
Paul's 'Spirit of Adoption' in its Roman Imperial Context
Author: Robert Brian Lewis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-01-28
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0567663892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Lewis examines Paul's use of the phrase “Spirit of Adoption” in Romans 8:12-17 against the background of its Roman Imperial context in order to shed light on interpretation of Paul's Letter to the Romans. Whereas other scholars have explored what Paul may have meant when he uses the term “adoption” Lewis instead explores the reasons behind Paul's coupling of it with the term “spirit”. Having examined theories for a possible Jewish antecedent for Paul's use of this phrase, and found them less than persuasive, Lewis unlocks the data within the term's Roman Imperial context that significantly clarifies what Paul means when he uses the phrase “Spirit of adoption". Lewis shows that when Paul wrote his letter to the Romans, adoption had become a feature of Imperial succession. Roman religion gave a great deal of prominence to the Roman family spirit - the genius. The Emperor's genius became identified as a deity in Roman religion and its veneration was widespread in Rome as well as the provinces. When Romans 8.12-17 is read against this background, a very different kind of exegetical picture emerges.
The Social Dynamics of Roman Imperial Imagery
Author: Amy Russell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-11-12
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1108871585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImages 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.
