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Author:   Olivier Hekster (Professor of Ancient History, Professor of Ancient History, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   1.004kg
ISBN:  

9780198736820

ISBN 10:   0198736827
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   19 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prologue Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations 1: Introduction Part 1: Family Ties 2: Running in the Family 3: Your Mother's Son 4: We Go Way Back Part 2: Claiming Kinship 5: Some Have Ancestors Thrust Upon Them 6: Sons of Gods and Heroes 7: The Tetrarchs: Divine Brothers and Fictive Fathers Conclusions: Emperors and Ancestral Representations List of Emperors Stemmata Bibliography Index locorum General Index

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The book is also splendidly illustrated. More than a hundred black-and-white photographs enable readers to examine with their own eyes many of the sources on which Hekster's argument is based ... This is an extremely useful book. * John Weisweiler, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Hekster ... ably addresses the roles ancestral lineage played in legitimizing power ... Highly recommended. * B. A. Ault, CHOICE * Olivier Heksters Emperors and Ancestors is an important contribution to the study of the images of Roman emperors and the ideology of imperial rule... The book invites further work on other aspects of imperial ideology, such as military imagery, to see if the same patterns can be found. It deserves serious consideration by all scholars of the Roman Empire. * Caillan Davenport (The University of Queensland), The Journal of Roman Studies Vol.107 *

Hekster ... ably addresses the roles ancestral lineage played in legitimizing power ... Highly recommended. B. A. Ault, CHOICE

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Olivier Hekster is Professor of Ancient History at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

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