6.37 FC – Imperial Power Made Visible

As part of the Australian Research Council project ‘Images of Power: Roman Mass Media and Imperial Cults,’ this paper asks how, when and where Roman emperors came to wear, own and pass along ‘Crown Jewels,’ that is diadems and other jewelery attached to the imperial role, rather than an individual ruler. Portraits of bejeweled Roman…

Composed in Palestine at the beginning of the seventh century by a certain monk John, the Sacra is a vast florilegium of scriptural and patristic quotations, structured around three thematic axes: God, humanity, and virtues and vices. Book II of the collection, devoted to human affairs, addresses questions concerning human behaviour, emotion, knowledge, and the…