Emperors and Ancestors: Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition

Emperors and Ancestors analyses the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented, looking at the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted, such as coinage, inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, and literary text.

• | By (Author): Olivier Hekster (Professor of Ancient History, Professor of Ancient History, Radboud University Nijmegen) (Author)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 19, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0198736827
• | ISBN-13: 9780198736820