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The Emperor and Rome

The transition from republic to monarchy with the accession of Augustus heralded the transformation not just of the Roman political system but of the city of Rome itself. This volume, written by some of the foremost scholars from around the world, addresses three main topics: the impact of imperial building programs on the configuration of space within the city and on the evolution of Rome's urban image; the various ways in which the figure of the emperor himself was represented, both visually and symbolically, in the city's urban fabric; and the performance of rituals and ceremonies that expressed key imperial ideals and values and enabled communications between the emperor and important collectivities in the city. The contributors build on important recent developments in research: increased archaeological excavation and restoration, the proliferation of digital technologies, and the greater attention paid by scholars to the centuries after Augustus.

bjo?rn c. ewald is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Toronto. His previous publications include Der Philosoph als Leitbild. Ikonographische Untersuchungen an ro?mischen Sarkophagreliefs (1999) and (with Paul Zanker) Mit Mythen leben. Die Bilderwelt der ro?mischen Sarkophagreliefs (2004). carlos f. noren~a is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power (forthcoming with Cambridge University Press), as well as a number of articles on aspects of Roman imperial history.

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YALE CLASSICAL STUDIES

VOLUME XXXV

THE EMPEROR AND ROME

Space, Representation, and Ritual

Edited for the Department of Classics by BJ O? RN C. EWALD

Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Toronto

C A R LO S F. N O R EN~ A

Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

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p. cm. ? (Yale classical studies ; v. 35) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-521-51953-3 (hbk.) 1. City and town life ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 2. Emperors ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 3. Architecture ? Political aspects ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 4. Monuments ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 5. Rites and ceremonies ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 6. Popular culture ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 7. Political culture ? Italy ? Rome ? History. 8. Rome (Italy) ? History ? To 476 9. Rome (Italy) ? Social life and customs. 10. Rome (Italy) ? Politics and government. I. Ewald, Bjo?rn Christian. II. Noren~a, Carlos F. III. Yale University. Dept. of Classics. IV. Title. V. Series. DG809.E47 2010 937 .06 ? dc22 2010023586

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Contents

List of contributors [page vii] List of illustrations [xi] List of maps [xix] Preface and acknowledgments [xxi]

1 Introduction [1] Bjo?rn C. Ewald and Carlos F. Noren~a

2 By the emperor, for the people: "popular" architecture in Rome [45] Paul Zanker

3 Emperor and senatorial aristocracy in competition for public space [89] Werner Eck

4 Propaganda, staged applause, or local politics? Public monuments from Augustus to Septimius Severus [111] Emanuel Mayer

5 Pompey's Theater and Tiberius' Temple of Concord: a late Republican primer for an early imperial patron [135] James E. Packer

6 Antonine Rome: security in the homeland [169] Mary T. Boatwright

7 Liberator urbis suae: Constantine and the ghost of Maxentius [199] Elizabeth Marlowe

8 The portraits of Roman emperors and their families: controversial positions and unsolved problems [221] Klaus Fittschen

9 Crossing the pomerium: the armed ruler at Rome [247] Michael Koortbojian

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10 How the emperor Nero lost acceptance in Rome [275] Egon Flaig

11 The imperial funerary pyre as a work of ephemeral architecture [289] Eve D'Ambra

12 Roman imperial funerals in effigie [309] Javier Arce

Bibliography [325] Index [361]

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