Sacred founders women, men, and Gods in the discourse of imperial founding, Rome through early Byzantium
Sacred Founders argues that from the time of Augustus through early Byzantium, a discourse of imperial founding helped articulate and legitimate imperial authority. Artwork, literature, imperial honors, and the built environment comprised the statements in this multi-authored, empire-wide discourse....
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press
2015
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Founding, power, and authority: Mediterranean history and Augustan innovations
- Founding and afterlife
- Women and founding from Livia to Helena
- The Christian founders Constantine and Helena
- Constantine's and Helena's legacy in the founding of public space
- Imperial women and civic founding
- Koinonia : the Christian founders' legacy in the symbolism of authority
- Christian piety and the making of a Christian discourse of imperial founding
- Church-building and founding
- The Virgin Mary and the discourse of imperial founders.
