Roy Empire of Images

Visualizing the Conquered in the Roman Republic
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-132663-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 5, 183 Seiten

Reihe: Appearances ? Studies in Visual ResearchISSN

Rome was an empire of images, especially images that bolstered their imperial identity. Visual and material items portraying battles, myths, captives, trophies, and triumphal parades were particularly important across the Roman empire. But where did these images originate and what shaped them? explores the development of the Roman visual language of power in the Republic in Iberian Peninsula, the Gallic provinces, and Greece and Macedonia, centering the development of imperial imagery in overseas conquest. Drawing on a range of material evidence, this book argues that Roman imperial imagery developed through prolonged interaction with and adaptation by subjugated peoples. Despite their starring role in Roman imagery, the populations of Rome’s provinces continuously reinterpreted and reimagined Roman images of power to navigate their membership in the new imperial community, and in doing so, contributed to the creation of a universal visual language that continues to shape how Rome is understood.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in the fields of visual studies; Roman history; Roman ar / Wissenschaftler/-innen in den Bereichen Visual Studies, Römische

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roy, Alyson

Über Autor(innen)

Alyson Roy, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.

Alyson Roy, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.