divine ideology and the visualisation of imperial power in the Severan period /
First Statement of Responsibility
Clare Rowan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 303 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-297) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1. Contextualising a 'foreign' dynasty -- ch. 2. Septimius Severus, Liber Pater and Hercules -- ch. 3. Medical tourism and iconographic dialogues in the reign of Caracalla -- ch. 4. Elagabalus, Summus Sacerdos Elagabali -- ch. 5. Severus Alexander and the refounding of Rome -- ch. 6. Divine ideology in the Severan dynasty -- Appendix A. Shifting imperial ideology -- Appendix B. Dies of the stone on quadriga type -- Appendix C. Coin hoards.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book explores how deities were used to communicate and negotiate imperial power under the Severan dynasty (AD 193-235). Septimius Severus connected his reign to the divine support of Liber Pater and Hercules, while Caracalla placed a particular emphasis on the gods Apollo, Aesculapius and Sarapis. Elagabalus' reign was characterised by the worship of the Emesene deity Elagabal, which resulted in a renewed emphasis on the cult of Jupiter under Severus Alexander. Numismatic evidence is reintegrated into the wider material culture of the Severan period in order to bring new insights into the use of the divine in this period, as well as the role played by the provinces in the formation and reception of this ideology"--