Nero’s Ancestry and the Construction of Imperial Ideology in the Early Empire. A Methodological Case Study

Hekster, Olivier; Claes, L.M.G.F.E.; Manders, Erika; Slootjes, Daniëlle; Klaassen, Y.; Haan, N. de

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“…26 See CLaes (2013), p. 242-244. 27 Grau (2009), p. 133-134;Cadario (2011), p. 180;hekster (2014), p. 8-9; 18-19.…”

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Augustan Images of Legitimacy:

Claes

2022

Augustus Through the Ages

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In the Roman world, no legal procedure existed regulating the transfer of imperial power. As a consequence, representation of the imperial family was one of the crucial ways in which Roman emperors legitimate their reigns. Following the death of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, his image became a symbol of good emperorship. Subsequently, Augustus' memory was used as a tool in order to enhance an emperors' position. Through an investigation of the Augustan references appearing on imperial coinage from Augustus' death in AD 14 until AD 268, it appears that Augustus' memory was not abundantly used on imperial coinage. When present, however, Augustus was remembered in a number of ways. Not limited to his role as founder of the principate, Augustus could also be displayed as an ancestor, a military leader, a pacifier, a reformer, a worldly leader, a divinity and a god. The roles attributed to Augustus seem not to have belonged to a generic canon developed over time, but represented deliberate choices made by later individual emperors, and can be attributed to their specific agendas. Moreover, some emperors styled themselves after Augustus by adapting and copying former Augustan reverses and coin symbols. Through this imitatio Augusti emperors could emphasise specific aspects of their personality or of their own reign, strengthening their imperial position through this Augustan link.

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“…26 See CLaes (2013), p. 242-244. 27 Grau (2009), p. 133-134;Cadario (2011), p. 180;hekster (2014), p. 8-9; 18-19.…”

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2022

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“…14 On the use of the Pharaonic legacy in the (self-)representation of the Ptolemaic kings and queens, seeKiss (1984), 21-26; Stanwick (2002), 33-42, 88. 15 Questions on agency have mainly assumed either a top-down or bottom-up model, for more on this issue seeHekster, et al (2014), 8 with references. 16 On the concept of "anchoring," see Sluiter (2017);Hekster (2017).…”

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Athens and the Anchoring of Roman Rule in the First Century BCE (67–17)

Heijnen

2018

Journal of Ancient History

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The early Augustan Age witnessed an increase in building activities and overall interest in mainland Greece which has primarily been understood from the perspective of Roman appropriation of Greek culture, or from that of local Greek independence and “re-Hellenization.” Taking late Republican Athens as an extensive case study, this article shows that, when moving beyond either a top-down or bottom-up vision, developments in the late Republican and early Augustan Age can be properly contextualized as being part of a continuous strategy of Roman leaders and the Athenian elite to negotiate power and influence within a shared field of references.

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Cesarze rzymscy i ich antenaci – numizmatyczna saga Olivier Hekster, Emperors and Ancestors. Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition, Oxford 2015

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Cesarze rzymscy i ich antenaci-numizmatyczna saga Oliviera Hekstera Emperors and ancestors. Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition, Oxford 2015, ss. 395 Roman emperors and their ancestors-a numismatic saga Olivier Hekster, Emperors and ancestors. Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition, Oxford 2015, p. 395 Streszczenie: Artykuł jest komentarzem do studium Oliviera Hekstera Emperors and ancestors. Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition (2015), kóre jest poświęcone aspektom polityki sukcesyjnej i ideologii dynastycznej cesarzy rzymskich. Wychodząc od sformułowania autora, że numizmaty stanowią jedno z ważniejszych źródeł do studiowania tych zagadnień, w artykule krótko odniesiono się do trzech kwestii: tradycji ikonograficznej w mennictwie i tworzenia nowych wyobrażeń, zmienności chronologicznej

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Nero’s Ancestry and the Construction of Imperial Ideology in the Early Empire. A Methodological Case Study

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Athens and the Anchoring of Roman Rule in the First Century BCE (67–17)

Cesarze rzymscy i ich antenaci – numizmatyczna saga Olivier Hekster, Emperors and Ancestors. Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition, Oxford 2015

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