Le corps des souverains dans les mondes hellénistique et romain. Peinture illustrated by 450 images

illustrated by 450 images

et la femme âgée – devenue

“Pocket Classics” collection

collaborate on the Fête de l'Humanité from 1978

dating from the 4th century AD

Le corps des souverains dans les mondes hellénistique et romain. Peinture illustrated by 450 imagesWhat can the body of the sovereign tell us? How does it help us identify the form and nature of political power? How does it manifest the preeminence and authority of the monarch? This volume studies and compares for the first time, from a cultural and political history perspective, the bodies of Hellenistic kings and Roman emperors by comparing diverse sources: texts, inscriptions, sculptures, paintings and coins. It brings together European