The Public Image of Licinius I
Portrait Sculpture and Imperial Ideology in the Early Fourth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9288490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R R R Smith (Lincoln College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Pages | 170-202 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/301374 |
| OpenAlex | W2153676234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 24 |
Ancient history, it could be said, is composed of long and broad bands of unchanging social and political culture, punctuated in the upper levels by periods of upheaval and re-orientation. Ancient art works document and make visible both aspects: numbing continuity and static production on the one hand and sudden shifts and sharp turns in representation on the other. This paper takes as an example one of those periods of highly-charged visual re-orientation, the early fourth century A.D., and is intended as an alternative to the discussion and explanation of ancient images in this period in terms of artistic and formal processes. It aims to set an unusual and fat-faced late antique portrait (Pl. I) in its proper context alongside the thin-faced portraits of a better known figure (Pl. XII), and looks at the wider implications of this for the interpretation of imperial portrait sculpture as a significant expression of political ideology. The leanfaced man is Constantine, the other it will be argued is Licinius
Aesthetics · Antique · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Representation (politics · Sculpture · Visual arts · Visual culture · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Philosophy
Crises and the Roman Empire
Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge
Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity
Licinius (Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus)
The world-view
The Sassanians
The individual and the gods
Coinage and taxation
Developments in provincial and local administration
The new state of Diocletian and Constantine
The army
Public religion
General developments
The Germanic peoples and Germanic society
The age of the Severans
The Reign of Constantine, a.d. 306–337
Egypt from Septimius Severus to the death of Constantine
Maximinus to Diocletian and the ‘crisis’
Epiclassical law
Armenia and the eastern marches
The government and administration of the empire in the central decades of the third century
Christianity, a.d. 70–192
Diocletian and the first tetrarchy, a.d. 284–305
High classical law
Third-century Christianity
The Severan dynasty
História, memória e morte do imperador romano Gordiano III (III-V d.C.)
The Cambridge Ancient History
The qualities of fat
From the culture of spolia to the cult of relics
Obesity, Corpulence and Emaciation in Roman Art
The Usurping Princeps”
Spartan Mirages
Statue habit and statue culture in Late Antique Rome
A rare Sarmatian coin imitation in lead from a grave at Hódmezővásárhely
The Severitas of Constantine
Porphyry sculptures from Sirmium
Intolerance, Religious Violence, and Political Legitimacy in Late Antiquity
An economic survey of ancient Rome.
Prophecy And History In The Crisis Of The Roman Empire
Diokletians Preisedikt
The Roman Empire
Collection Paul Canellopoulos (IX). Portrait de Galère
An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome
Remarques sur l'iconographie de Constantin. À propos du remploi de portraits des «bons empereurs»
Observations sur le portrait romain à l'époque tétrarchique
Emperors and Biography. Studies in the Historia Augusta
Typology and diversity in the portraits of Augustus
The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine
Late Roman Philosopher Portraits from Aphrodisias
Conservator urbis suae
| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,46 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |