The Imperial Image between Rome and the Provinces
Genesis, Reception, Dissemination and Diversification
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2026
Book
Hardback
978-90-04-77526-8 (ISBN)
Description
Images of the Emperor and his family members were ubiquitous symbols of Roman power which surrounded the inhabitants of the Empire informing every aspect of daily life. This cultural phenomenon of unparalleled scale and impact in the ancient world is the focus of the essays gathered in this volume, which explore Roman visual and material culture from different perspectives and methodological approaches, from traditional iconographic studies to classical reception and AI, to discuss the variety of ways imperial images were understood, reproduced and replicated in all corners of the Empire, reflecting both the artist's interpretive process and the audience's reaction to it.
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Dario Calomino is Associate Professor of Numismatics in the Department of Cultures and Civilisations at the University of Verona. His main fields of research are Greek and Roman coinage and monetary history, Roman imperial imagery and visual culture, with a special focus on Roman provincial coinage. He is a member of the RPC international project (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/), for which he has curated the online catalogue of Volume VI. From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax, AD 218-238, and he is author of several academic essays and monographs, including the volume Defacing the Past. Damnation and Desecration in Imperial Rome (British Museum, 2016).
Francesca Bologna is a Teaching and Research Fellow in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked in both academia and the museum sector. Her research focuses on ancient craft production, particularly its economics, workforce organisation, knowledge transfer, and the mobility of craftspeople in antiquity.
With contributions by: Dietrich Boschung, Julia Lenaghan, Sam Heijnen, Karsten Tolle, Sebastian Gampe, Andrew Burnett, Nisan Lordoglu, Gianfranco Adornato, Federico Figura, Ralf von den Hoff, Luigi Sperti, Matteo Cadario, Bernhard Woytek, Fae Amiro, Giorgia Cafici, Lee Ann Riccardi, Raffaella Bucolo, Anna Maria Riccomini, Federico Barello
Francesca Bologna is a Teaching and Research Fellow in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked in both academia and the museum sector. Her research focuses on ancient craft production, particularly its economics, workforce organisation, knowledge transfer, and the mobility of craftspeople in antiquity.
With contributions by: Dietrich Boschung, Julia Lenaghan, Sam Heijnen, Karsten Tolle, Sebastian Gampe, Andrew Burnett, Nisan Lordoglu, Gianfranco Adornato, Federico Figura, Ralf von den Hoff, Luigi Sperti, Matteo Cadario, Bernhard Woytek, Fae Amiro, Giorgia Cafici, Lee Ann Riccardi, Raffaella Bucolo, Anna Maria Riccomini, Federico Barello