21H.402 2005秋季課程：羅馬帝王的形成(The Making of a Roman Emperor, Fall 2005)
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羅馬。凱撒的宮殿（圖片由美國國會圖書館，印刷品與圖片部提供。複製品編號：LC-USZ62-104886黑白照片。）
Rome. Palace of the Caesars. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-104886 (b&w film copy neg.)])
課程重點
課程描述
本課程以奧古斯都和尼祿兩個皇帝為重點，研究羅馬皇帝如何通過藝術、建築、鑄幣以及其他它方式來塑造和表現自己的形象，以及羅馬時期殘存下來的文學資源又如何鞏固或推翻這種形象，還有這兩種現象如何形成後古典時期對羅馬皇帝的觀感。研究內容涉及奧古斯都和尼祿統治時期羅馬的藝術、建築、鑄幣，蘇埃托尼烏斯和塔西佗的著作，以及在《羅馬帝國興亡史》和《暴君焚城記》這類電影作品對皇帝的現代表達。
Focusing on the emperors Augustus and Nero, this course investigates the ways in which Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage and other media to create and project an image of themselves, the ways in which the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and the ways in which both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. Material studied will include the art, architecture, and coinage of Augustan and Neronian Rome, the works of Suetonius and Tacitus, and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in I, Claudius and Quo Vadis.
Focusing on the emperors Augustus and Nero, this course investigates the ways in which Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage and other media to create and project an image of themselves, the ways in which the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and the ways in which both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. Material studied will include the art, architecture, and coinage of Augustan and Neronian Rome, the works of Suetonius and Tacitus, and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in I, Claudius and Quo Vadis.
