IMPACT OF EMPIRE (ROMAN EMPIRE) 3 THE REPRESENT A TION AND PERCEPTION OF ROMAN IMPERIAL POWER PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD WORKSHOP OF THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK IMPACT OF EMPIRE (ROMAN EMPIRE, c. 200 B.C. - A.D. 476) NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE IN ROME, MARCH 20 - 23, 2002 EDITED BY LUKAS DE BLOIS PAUL ERDKAMP OLIVIER HEKSTER G ERDA DE KLEIJN S TEPHAN MOLS I.C. GIEBEN, PUBLISHER AMSTERDAM 2003 The workshop was funded by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO), the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW ), the Research School of Classics in The Netherlands (OIKOS), the University ofNijmegen, and the Netherlands Institute in Rome No part ofthis book may be translated or reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher © 2003 by J.C. Gieben ISBN 9050633889 Printed in The Netherlands CONTENTS Preface vii Introduction Vlll List of Abbreviations Xll I. The Re.presentation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power: Particular Media 1.1 Inscriptions, Monuments, Coins, Ornaments, Nicknames, and Death-bed Scenes G6za Alf6ldy, Die Reprasentation der kaiserlichen Macht in den Inschriften Roms und des Imperium Romanum 3 Olivier Hekster, Coins and Messages. Audience Targeting on Coins of Different Denominations? 20 Fernando L6pez-Sanchez, Left and Right in Roman Coins of the fourth and fifth Centuries A.D. 36 Henner von Hesberg, Romisches Ornament als Sprache. Die sanfte Gegenwart der Macht 48 Christer Bruun, Roman Emperors in Popular Jargon: Searching for Contemporary Nicknames (I) 69 Anton van Hooff, The Imperial Art of Dying 99 Rudolf Haensch, Romische Amtsinhaber als Vorbilder fur die Bischofe des vierten Jahrhunderts 117 1.2 Imperium, Empire, and Emperor in Literary, Juridical, and Adminjstratiye Texts John Richardson, Imperium Romanum between Republic and Empire 137 Lukas de Blois, The Perception of Roman Imperial Authority in Herodian's Work 148 Willem Zwalve, Valerius Patruinus' case. Contracting in the name of the emperor 157 Concepcion Neira Faleiro, La plenitudo potestatis e la veneratio imperatoris come principio dogmatico della politica della tarda antichita; un esempio chiaro: la Notitia Dignitatum. 170 11 The Re.presentation and Perce.ption of Roman Imperial Power: Rome and the Provinces 11 I. The Cjty of Rome Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, The Streets of Rome as a Representation of Imperial Power 189 Gerda de Kleijn, The Emperor and Public Works in the City of Rome 207 Silvio Panciera, Umano, sovrumano 0 divino? Le divinita augustee e I' imperatore aRoma 215 II 2. The Provinces Paula Botteri, Ancyra, Antiochia e Apollonia. La rappresentazione delle Res Gestae Divi Augusti 240 Angelos Chaniotis, The Perception ofImperial Power in Aphrodisias: The Epigraphic Evidence 250 Bernard Stolte, Jurisdiction and Representation of Power, or, the Emperor on Circuit 261 Janneke de Jong, Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power in Greek Papyrus Texts from A.D. 238 269 Werner Eck, Niihe und Feme kaiserlicher Macht: das Beispiel Koln 282 Andreas Krieckhaus, Im Schatten des Kaisers: Uberlegungen zu: L. Minicius Natalis Quadronius Verus und seiner Beziehung zuHadrian 302 Danielle Slootjes, Between Criticism and Praise: Provincials' Image of the Governor in the Later Roman Empire 318 Ill. The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power: Individual Emperors John Rich, Augustus, War and Peace 329 Yves Perrin, Aux marches du palais: les acces au Palatium de 54 it 70 358 Eric Moormann, Some Observations on Nero and the City of Rome 376 Jon Coulston, Overcoming the Barbarian. Depictions of Rome's Enemies in Trajanic Monumental Art 389 Anthony Birley, Hadrian's Travels 425 Caroline Vout, A Revision of Hadrian's Portraiture 442 Stephan Mols, The Cult of Roma Aetema in Hadrian's Politics 458 Karen Haegemans, Representation and Perception of Imperial Power in AD 238. The Numismatic Evidence 466 Henk Singor, The Labarum, Shield Blazons, and Constantine's caeleste signum 481 Index Nominum 501 List of illustrations