The divinization of Caesar and Augustus : precedents, consequences, implications
La 4eme de couverture indique : "This book examines the new institution of divinization that emerged as a political phenomenon at the end of the Roman Republic with the deification of Julius Caesar. Michael Koortbojian addresses the myriad problems related to Caesar's, and subsequently Aug...
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| Formato: | Livre papier |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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New York (N.Y.) :
Cambridge university press
2013.
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
Sumário:
- Making men gods
- The question of Caesar's divinity and the problem of his cult statue
- Augural images : old traditions and new institutions
- Romulus, Quirinus, genius, divus
- Caesar's portrait
- Auspicious, propitious, victorious
- Representation in an era of divinization
- Ad urbem et ex urbe: the imagery of the divus and its fate
- Coda : reverberations in the east