Empire Of The Sun? Civic Responses To The Rise And Fall Of Sol Elagabal In The Roman Empire

Icks, Martijn

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“…514 Contrasting account of Elagabalus in Cassius Dio Roman History 80.9.104 and Herodian History 5.6.1-4 with that of Alexander Severus Herodian History 6.1.6. 515 Dušanić 1964;Icks 2006Icks , 2009Rowan 2006Rowan , 200991 Caracalla, initially decided to offer the role of emperor to the praetorian prefect Adventus, who declined, before settling on Macrinus. Herodian describes the event that "Macrinus thus received the office of emperor not so much because of the soldiers' affection and loyalty as from necessity and the urgency of the impending crisis."…”

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The public image of the later Severans: Caracalla to Alexander Severus

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This thesis examines the public image of the later members of the Severan dynasty (Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus) in order to identify and analyse the underlying motivations behind the actions undertaken to promote their public image by each of these emperors at a time of great change in the third century AD. This was achieved through a chronological examination of the coins, inscriptions, portraiture and public building programmes of the later Severans. The first chapter examines the public image of Caracalla and Geta under Septimius Severus; the second chapter analyses Caracalla's sole rule; and the final chapter investigates Elagabalus and Alexander Severus in order to establish how they, or those acting on their behalf, wished to portray themselves to the public. The literary works of Cassius Dio, Herodian, and the Historia Augusta supplemented this archaeological evidence.

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The public image of the later Severans: Caracalla to Alexander Severus

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Icks¹

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The Encyclopedia of Ancient History

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Political Power and Victory Coins in the Visual Propaganda of the Principatus Period

Aydemir¹

2022

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Coins, which were part of daily life in Principate like during the Republic as they were used by common people in transactions or the state to pay the salaries of soldiers, were also one of the most convenient tools used for visual propaganda in Rome. Although they were used as a tool of propaganda towards the end of the Republican Era, coins were never became an effective and systematic propaganda tool as much as during the reign of Octavian. Raised close to a competent leader like Caesar, Octavian was inspired by Caesar’s strategic practices and propaganda on one hand, and learned from his guardian Caesar’s mistakes and determined his own strategic moves more carefully and applied them step by step, when it was his time of rule, on the other. Octavian’s especially manipulative policy regarding coins were continued almost unchanged under his emperor successors; they used the powerful written and visual language on coins in order to maintain the legitimacy and continuity of their rule. In that regard, the coin language gained a more distinct identity with the personification and explanatory inscriptions used on the coins from the very beginning of Principate, while it has also ceased to be an object that only the educated can understand. The emperor portraits on the coins have also been the mirror of symbolic power in the recognition of the emperor, the only power of Rome, both in the lands under the dominion and in the foreign states. In this study, the image of power, i.e. visual propaganda, during the Principate was discussed, and the coin samples of each emperor, which stood out mainly with military victories, were examined and their policies were tried to be evaluated.

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Empire Of The Sun? Civic Responses To The Rise And Fall Of Sol Elagabal In The Roman Empire

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The public image of the later Severans: Caracalla to Alexander Severus

The public image of the later Severans: Caracalla to Alexander Severus

Elagabalus (deity)

Political Power and Victory Coins in the Visual Propaganda of the Principatus Period

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