Emperor's Qualities and Virtues in the Inscriptions from Augustus to the Beginning of Constantine's Reign: 'Mirrors for prince'?

This anthology provides valuable new insights into discussions about the virtues, qualities, and position of the emperor in the Roman world (especially with regard to the perception of imperial dominion in the eastern provinces) by systematically focusing on documentary sources, i.e. inscriptions in particular. In addition, the assembled texts contribute to the study of Roman political thought, shaped by earlier traditions primarily during the Principate and the beginning of the Later Roman Empire. Cet ouvrage collectif apporte de nouveaux eclairages precieux aux discussions sur les vertus, les qualites, la position de l'empereur dans le monde romain (notamment sur la perception de la domination imperiale dans les provinces orientales), en se concentrant systematiquement sur les sources, c'est-a-dire les inscriptions en particulier. Les textes reunis contribuent egalement a l'etude de la pensee politique romaine, faconnee par des traditions anterieures, surtout pendant le Principat et le debut de l'Antiquite Tardive.