Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire / / edited by Diederik W.P. Burgersdijk and Alan J. Ross.

• TeilnehmendeR: Burgersdijk, D. W. P.; Ross, Alan J. 1983-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill.; c2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 353 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: 1Introduction /; Decius and Valerian /; Scelerum inventor et malorum machinator. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy in Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum /; An Emperor for all Seasons—Maximian and the Transformation of His Political Representation /; Maxentius and the aeternae urbis suae conditores: Rome and Its Founders from Maximian to Constantine (289–313) /; Constantine, the Tetrarchy, and the Emperor Augustus /; Constantine’s Son Crispus and His Image in Contemporary Panegyrical Accounts /; Uncovering Constans’ Image /; The Constantinians’ Return to the West: Julian’s Depiction of Constantius II in Oration 1 /; Julian’s Self-Representation in Coins and Texts /; Jovian between History and Myth /; Valentinian as Portrayed by Ammianus: A Kaleidoscopic Image /; Gratitude to Gratian: Ausonius’ Thanksgiving for His Consulship /; Authorising Freedom of Speech under Theodosius /; Claudian’s Stilicho at the Urbs: Roman Legitimacy for the Half-Barbarian Regent /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004370927
• ISSN: 2405-4771
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Diederik W.P. Burgersdijk and Alan J. Ross.

Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious, and literary contexts. Drawing on the recent Representational Turn in the study of imperial power, these essays examine how literary authors working in various genres, both Latin and Greek, and of differing religious affiliations construct and manipulate the depiction of a series of emperors from the late third to the late fourth centuries CE. In a move away from traditional source criticism, this volume opens up new methodological approaches to chart intellectual and literary history during a critical century for the ancient Mediterranean world.