Imaginary kings royal images in the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome

• Other Authors: Hekster, Olivier, Fowler, Richard
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Stuttgart Steiner c2005
• Series: Oriens et occidens 11; Geschichte / Franz Steiner Verlag
• Subjects: Βασιλείς και κυβερνήτες > Ιστορία > Συνέδρια; Νομίσματα, Αρχαία

Table of Contents:

• Imagining kings : from Persia to Rome / Richard Fowler & Olivier Hekster
• Le roi imaginaire : an audience with the Achaemenid king / Lindsay Allen
• The tragic king : Demetrios Poliorketes and the city of Athens / Peter Thonemann
• Philoromaios kai philellen : Roman perception of Commagenian royalty / Margherita Facella
• A curia of kings : Sulla and royal imagery / Matthew Gisborne
• 'Most fortunate roots' : tradition and legitimacy in Parthian royal ideology / Richard Fowler
• Captured in the gaze of power : visibility, games and Roman imperial representation / Olivier Hekster
• Kingly priests in the Roman Near East? / Ted Kaizer