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Book SynopsisWhat are the interrelationships between the language of rhetoric and the code of imperial images, from Constantine to Theodosius? How are imperial images shaped by the fact that they were produced and promoted at the behest of the emperor? Nine contributors from Spain, Italy, the U.K. and the Netherlands will guide the reader about these issues by analyzing how imperial power was articulated and manipulated by means of literary strategies and iconographic programmes. The authors scrutinize representations from Constantine to Julian and from the Valentinians to Theodosius by considering material culture and texts as interconnected sources that engaged with and reacted to each other.
Trade Review‘Alle neun Beiträge sind auf jeweils eigene Weise in Form voneinander unabhängiger Studien Fragen der kaiserlichen Repräsentation im vierten Jahrhundert n. Chr. gewidmet und versuchen so, „to disantagle [statt richtig: disentangle] the complex web of propagandistic formats that converge in the figure of the emperor in order to show how these formats were meant to create an ideological wardrobe at the service of each emperor“ (S. 8). Somit sind sie willkommene Bereicherungen zu einem wichtigen Forschungsfeld.‘ Ulrich Lambrecht, in Plekos vol.24.S: 13-23 (2022)
Table of ContentsList of Figures Contributors Introduction María Pilar García Ruiz and Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas Part 1: Constantine 1 Emperors and Tyrants in the Fourth Century. Outlining a New Portrait of the Ruler and of His Role through Images and Words Ignazio Tantillo 2 Constantine’s Arch: A Reassessment in the Light of Textual and Material Evidence Diederik Burgersdijk 3 Purple and the Depiction of Constantine in Eusebius and Other Contemporaneous Panegyrical Works José B. Torres Part 2: Julian 4 The Caesars: A Myth on Julian’s Emperorship María Pilar García Ruiz 5 Cosmic Warnings and Imperial Responses: Ammianus’ Astronomical Excursuses Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz Part 3: From the Valentinians to Theodosius 6 Between Expressionism and Classicism: Stylistic Choices as Means of Legitimisation in Late Fourth-Century Imperial Portraits Fabio Guidetti 7 The Letter from Magnus Maximus to Valentinian II (CA 39): Two Imperial Images in Conflict María Victoria Escribano 8 Toying with Theodosius: The Manipulation of the Imperial Image in the Sources of the Riot of the Statues Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas 9 Managing the Empire while Securing the Throne: Theodosius I and the Administrative Structures of His Empire Daniëlle Slootjes Index
