Emperors and Emperorship in Late Antiquity : Images and Narratives.

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Constantine -- Chapter 1 Emperors and Tyrants in the Fourth Century. Outlining a New Portrait of the Ruler and of His Role through Images and Words -- Chapter 2 Constantine's Arch: A Reassessment in the Light of Textual and Material Evidence -- Chapter 3 Purple and the Depiction of Constantine in Eusebius and Other Contemporaneous Panegyrical Works -- Part 2 Julian -- Chapter 4 The Caesars: A Myth on Julian's Emperorship -- Chapter 5 Cosmic Warnings and Imperial Responses: Ammianus' Astronomical Excursuses -- Part 3 From the Valentinians to Theodosius -- Chapter 6 Between Expressionism and Classicism: Stylistic Choices as Means of Legitimisation in Late Fourth-Century Imperial Portraits -- Chapter 7 The Letter from Magnus Maximus to Valentinian II (CA 39): Two Imperial Images in Conflict -- Chapter 8 Toying with Theodosius: The Manipulation of the Imperial Image in the Sources of the Riot of the Statues -- Chapter 9 Managing the Empire while Securing the Throne: Theodosius I and the Administrative Structures of His Empire -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index Locorum.

In this volume, nine contributions deal with the ways in which imperial power was exercised in the fourth century AD, paying particular attention to how it was articulated and manipulated by means of literary strategies and iconographic programmes.

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