Power Search
Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
Imperial Ideals in the Roman West
Contributor(s): Noreña, Carlos F. (Author)

View larger image

 ISBN: 1316628965     ISBN-13: 9781316628966
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $49.39  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2016
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - Rome
Dewey: 937.06
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.40 lbs) 480 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Italy
Features: Price on Product
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
This book examines the figure of the Roman emperor as a unifying symbol for the western empire. It documents an extensive correspondence between the ideals cited in honorific inscriptions for the emperor erected across the western empire and those advertised on imperial coins minted at Rome. This reveals that the dissemination of specific imperial ideals was more pervasive than previously thought, and indicates a high degree of ideological unification amongst the aristocracies of the western provinces. The widespread circulation of a particular set of imperial ideals, and the particular form of ideological unification that this brought about, not only reinforced the power of the Roman imperial state, but also increased the authority of local aristocrats, thereby facilitating a general convergence of social power that defined the high roman empire.

Contributor Bio(s): Norena, Carlos F.: - Carlos F. Noreña is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the coeditor, with Björn C. Ewald, of The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual (Cambridge, 2010).
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!