Images of Power in the Roman Empire: Mass Media and the Cult of Emperors

罗马帝国的权力形象：大众媒体与皇帝崇拜

• 批准号: DP240100112
• 负责人: Prof Bronwen Neil
• 金额: $ 15.92万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240100112
• 关键词: Images; Power; Roman; Empire; Mass

Contemporary leaders understand the power of an image to influence public opinion, but are they following a path well-trodden by Roman emperors? This project aims to illuminate the role that mass media and images played in securing and sustaining imperial power during the Later Roman empire from the Flavians to the Theodosians (69-450 CE). The comparison of coins, statues and monuments will shed new light on the dynamic ways that popular media were used to mediate between emperors, their officials, provincial elites and the wider populace, and show how leaders used mass media in the Roman world. Social and cultural benefits include a better understanding of the ways that leaders today handle such media to influence public opinion.

当代领导人了解形象影响公众舆论的力量，但他们是否正在走罗马皇帝走过的路呢？该项目旨在阐明从弗拉维王朝到狄奥多西王朝（公元 69-450 年）的后期罗马帝国时期，大众媒体和图像在确保和维持帝国权力方面所发挥的作用。硬币、雕像和纪念碑的比较将揭示大众媒体在皇帝、官员、地方精英和广大民众之间进行调解的动态方式，并展示罗马世界领导人如何使用大众媒体。社会和文化效益包括更好地了解当今领导人处理此类媒体以影响公众舆论的方式。