Tradition and Power in the Roman Empire

Dr. Sven Betjes is lecturer and researcher of Ancient History at Radboud University Nijmegen. He has published articles on ideological expressions of Roman emperors, and takes a particular interest in numismatics and ancient roads.Prof.dr. Olivier Hekster is Professor of Ancient History at Radboud University Nijmegen and chair of the Impact of Empire network. He has published widely on the role of ideology in ancient Rome, with a particular focus on Roman emperorship.Dr. Erika Manders is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at Radboud University Nijmegen. She has published a monograph and articles on political culture and religion in the Roman Empire, with particular interest in coins and religious policies of Roman emperors.

• List of Figures and MapsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionSven Betjes and Erika MandersPart 1: Tradition in the Formation of the Augustan Empire1 A Divine Right to Rule? The Gods as Legitimators of PowerAmber Gartrell2 Closing a Highway to HeavenDiscontinuities in the Divinisation of Human Beings in Roman TimesFernando Lozano and Elena Muñiz Grijalvo3 Women’s Mediation and Peace DiplomacyAugustan Women through the Looking GlassElena Torregaray Pagola and Toni Ñaco Del Hoyo4 Republican Traditions, Imperial InnovationsThe Representation of the Military Prowess of Augustus’ FamilyFlorian Groll5 Augustus and Traditional Structures in EgyptGrand Policies or Ad Hoc Measures?Livia Capponi6 Between Tradition and InnovationPlace Names and the Geography of Power in Late Republican and Early Imperial HispaniaSergio España-Chamorro7 Paving the Route of HerculesThe Via Augusta and the Via Iulia Augusta and the Appropriation of Road-Bound Traditions in the Augustan AgeSven BetjesPart 2: Tradition and Power in the First and Second Century CE8 Municipal Elections in the Roman West during the PrincipateThe Strength of TraditionChrister Bruun9 Plotina and the (Re)Invention of the Tradition of WomanhoodMargherita Carucci10 Hadrian: Imperator Nomothetes – Ancient Laws for the EmpireJuan Manuel Cortés-Copete11 Between Tradition and ChangeThe Imitatio Principis in the Imperial EastGiorgios MitropoulosPart 3: Tradition and Power in the Third and Fourth Century CE12 Tradition and Innovation in the Rescript Practice of the Emperor CaracallaElsemieke Daalder13 The Emperor Gallienus and the SenatorsTradition, Change, and PerceptionLukas de Blois14 The Role of Tradition for the Negotiation and Legitimization of Imperial Rule in the Gallic and Palmyrene EmpiresNikolas Hächler15 Stylites on Pillars versus Sanctuaries on SummitsThe Conquest of Traditional Cult Sites by Christian Ascetics in Northern SyriaJohannes HahnPart 4: The longue durée of Tradition and Power in Roman Discourse16 Mos maiorum and res novaeHow Roman Politics Have Conceived Tradition, Transformation, and Innovation, from the Second Century BCE to the Fourth Century CEStéphane Benoist17 Justinian, the Senate and the ConsulsA Rhetorical Memory of the Old ConstitutionFrancesco BonoIndex