Caesar Rules - The Emperor in the Changing Roman World (C. 50 Bc Ad 565)

A riveting portrayal of what the inhabitants of the Roman Empire expected of their ruler and their feelings about him.

List of contents

Introduction: Emperors and expectations; 1. Portraying the Roman Emperor; 2. Playing imperial roles; 3. Being around the emperor; 4. The emperor in capital and provinces; Conclusions: Emperors in a changing world.

About the author

OLIVIER HEKSTER is Professor of Ancient History at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Radboud University Nijmegen. He is chair of the international network 'Impact of Empire', and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Europaea. His publications include Emperors and Ancestors. Roman Power and the Constraints of Tradition (2015).

Summary

The first systematic analysis of Roman emperorship encompassing the six centuries from Caesar's accession to the death of Justinian. Richly documented and illustrated, it provides a gripping account of the different roles Roman emperors played and of how popular expectations shaped their behaviour.

Product details

• Authors: Olivier Hekster, Olivier (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Hekster, Hekster Olivier
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781009226790
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922679-0
• No. of pages: 414
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation