Imagining the Roman Emperor
Perceptions of Rulers in the High Empire
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- Author: Panayiotis Christoforou, University of Oxford
- Date Published: August 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009362498
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How was the Roman emperor viewed by his subjects? How strongly did their perception of his role shape his behaviour? Adopting a fresh approach, Panayiotis Christoforou focuses on the emperor from the perspective of his subjects across the Roman Empire. Stress lies on the imagination: the emperor was who he seemed, or was imagined, to be. Through various vignettes employing a wide range of sources, he analyses the emperor through the concerns and expectations of his subjects, which range from intercessory justice to fears of the monstrosities associated with absolute power. The book posits that mythical and fictional stories about the Roman emperor form the substance of what people thought about him, which underlines their importance for the historical and political discourse that formed around him as a figure. The emperor emerges as an ambiguous figure. Loved and hated, feared and revered, he was an object of contradiction and curiosity.
Read more- Provides a new framework of analysis to view the Roman emperor as a figure subject to scrutiny and criticism from his own subjects
- Includes an extensive array of literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and papyrological evidence, from imperial historiography to sub-literary texts found on papyri
- Provides the reader with a way to analyze fictionalised evidence that appreciates their value to political and cultural discourses about the Roman emperor and his power
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- Date Published: August 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009362498
- length: 320 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.57kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. A History of the Roman Emperor
2. The Emperor as an Arbiter of Justice
3. The Generosity of the Roman Emperor
4. Wonder Tales
5. Wisdom and Wit: Making Fun of the Emperor
6. The Permanence of an Emperor through Time, or the Emperor as a Temporal Figure.
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