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

illustrated by 450 images

Volume LVII: The division of the Generality of Tours and the delimitation of the department of Indre et Loire

“Pocket Classics” collection

In the late 1960s

the archaeological mission of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology has uncovered an extensive site

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