Sacred founders : women, men, and gods in the discourse of imperial founding, Rome through early Byzantine /

"Sacred Founders argues that from the time of Augustus through early Byzantium, a discourse of imperial founding helped articulate and legitimate imperial authority. Artwork, literature, imperial honors, and the built environment comprised the statements in this multi-authored, empire-wide disc...

وصف كامل

محفوظ في:
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Angelova, Diliana, 1968- (مؤلف)
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
الموضوعات:
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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جدول المحتويات:
  • Founding, power, and authority: Mediterranean history and Augustan innovations
  • Founding and afterlife
  • Women and founding from Livia to Helena
  • The Christian founders Constantine and Helena
  • Constantine's and Helena's legacy in the founding of public space
  • Imperial women and civic founding
  • Koinonia : the Christian founders' legacy in the symbolism of authority
  • Christian piety and the making of a Christian discourse of imperial founding
  • Church-building and founding
  • The Virgin Mary and the discourse of imperial founders.