Erika Manders
Biographic Data
| ID | 1162188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika Manders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika |
| FAMILY NAME | Manders |
| SIGNATURE | MANDERS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Göttingen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Coinage in the Roman Provinces
Roman coinage forms an astoundingly rich body of material. That applies to coins struck by the centre as much as so-called provincial coinage. The latter can be roughly categorised as 1) coins struck by cities in the east of the Roman Empire, and for the Julio-Claudian period also in the west (in the western provinces, cities stopped issuing coins around the end of Claudius’ reign); 2) coinages issued in the name of federations of cities ( koina …
The Fame of Trajan
Trajan’s status as a model emperor is perhaps most famously expressed in Eutropius’ catchphrase “More fortunate than Augustus, better than Trajan” (Eutr. Brev. 8.5.3). Modern scholarship has similarly stressed Trajan’s exemplary status, assuming that Trajan’s virtues were already a point of departure by which to measure second- and third-century emperors. This article challenges that notion; it argues that Trajan’s status as a model emperor was a…
The Great Persecution and Imperial Ideology
Only a few years before freedom of religion was proclaimed within the Roman empire, the last empire-wide persecution of Christians was instigated. 1 An imperial edict that ordered the razing of churches, the burning of the Scriptures, the loss of civil rights especially for Christians of high status and the re-enslavement of (Christian) Caesariani was published in Nicomedia on 23 February 303. 2 This act, appropriately planned on the day of the f…
Macedonius, Constantius and the Changing Dynamics of Power
Nero’s Ancestry and the Construction of Imperial Ideology in the Early Empire. A Methodological Case Study
Within the discipline of ancient history, diverse types of sources, such as coins, inscriptions, portraits and texts, are often combined to create a coherent image of a particular ruler. A good example of how such a process works is the way in which reconstructions by modern scholars of the emperor Nero tend to look for a clearly defined ‘Neronian image’, by bringing together various types of primary evidence without paying sufficient attention t…
Making History with Coins
Analysis of the coinage during Nero's reign as Roman emperor reveals a much less uniform image of Nero than is usually depicted in historical literature. The case of Nero exemplifies the importance of an interdisciplinary methodological framework. A "pick and mix" numismatic methodology devised in support of a Neronian ideology gleaned via literary evidence may lead to a superficially convincing image of the emperor, but it will not do justice to…
Coining Images of Power
Mapping the representation of roman imperial power in times of crisis
On 31 December 192, the controversial last Antonine emperor, Commodus, was murdered after a reign of twelve years. His violent death inaugurated a period of instability concerning imperial succession which continued (with some short interruptions) until Diocletian's succession in 284. Apart from the dif culty of imperial succession, Roman emperors had to cope with other severe problems from 193 onwards, some already announcing themselves during M…
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Mapping the representation of roman imperial power in times of crisis
On 31 December 192, the controversial last Antonine emperor, Commodus, was murdered after a reign of twelve years. His violent death inaugurated a period of instability concerning imperial succession which continued (with some short interruptions) until Diocletian's succession in 284. Apart from the dif culty of imperial succession, Roman emperors had to cope with other severe problems from 193 onwards, some already announcing themselves during M…
Coining Images of Power
Making History with Coins
Analysis of the coinage during Nero's reign as Roman emperor reveals a much less uniform image of Nero than is usually depicted in historical literature. The case of Nero exemplifies the importance of an interdisciplinary methodological framework. A "pick and mix" numismatic methodology devised in support of a Neronian ideology gleaned via literary evidence may lead to a superficially convincing image of the emperor, but it will not do justice to…
Nero’s Ancestry and the Construction of Imperial Ideology in the Early Empire. A Methodological Case Study
Within the discipline of ancient history, diverse types of sources, such as coins, inscriptions, portraits and texts, are often combined to create a coherent image of a particular ruler. A good example of how such a process works is the way in which reconstructions by modern scholars of the emperor Nero tend to look for a clearly defined ‘Neronian image’, by bringing together various types of primary evidence without paying sufficient attention t…
Macedonius, Constantius and the Changing Dynamics of Power
The Great Persecution and Imperial Ideology
Only a few years before freedom of religion was proclaimed within the Roman empire, the last empire-wide persecution of Christians was instigated. 1 An imperial edict that ordered the razing of churches, the burning of the Scriptures, the loss of civil rights especially for Christians of high status and the re-enslavement of (Christian) Caesariani was published in Nicomedia on 23 February 303. 2 This act, appropriately planned on the day of the f…
Coinage in the Roman Provinces
Roman coinage forms an astoundingly rich body of material. That applies to coins struck by the centre as much as so-called provincial coinage. The latter can be roughly categorised as 1) coins struck by cities in the east of the Roman Empire, and for the Julio-Claudian period also in the west (in the western provinces, cities stopped issuing coins around the end of Claudius’ reign); 2) coinages issued in the name of federations of cities ( koina …
The Fame of Trajan
Trajan’s status as a model emperor is perhaps most famously expressed in Eutropius’ catchphrase “More fortunate than Augustus, better than Trajan” (Eutr. Brev. 8.5.3). Modern scholarship has similarly stressed Trajan’s exemplary status, assuming that Trajan’s virtues were already a point of departure by which to measure second- and third-century emperors. This article challenges that notion; it argues that Trajan’s status as a model emperor was a…
Classical Antiquity Studies (8 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works)