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  Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power (Hardback) By (author) Carlos F. Norena

  

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  Short Description for Imperial Ideals in the Roman West This 2011 book shows how the circulation of ideals associated with the Roman emperor generated ideological unification among aristocracies and reinforced Roman power.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 25 July 2011
  • Format: Hardback 480 pages
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  • Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
  • ISBN 13: 9781107005082 ISBN 10: 1107005086
  • Sales rank: 873,380

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• This 2011 book examines the figure of the Roman emperor as a unifying symbol for the western empire. It documents an extensive correspondence between the ideals cited in honorific inscriptions for the emperor erected across the Western Empire and those advertised on imperial coins minted at Rome. This reveals that the dissemination of specific imperial ideals was more pervasive than previously thought, and indicates a high degree of ideological unification amongst the aristocracies of the western provinces. The widespread circulation of a particular set of imperial ideals, and the particular form of ideological unification that this brought about, not only reinforced the power of the Roman imperial state, but also increased the authority of local aristocrats, thereby facilitating a general convergence of social power that defined the high Roman empire.