Main entry:

Johnson, Mark Joseph, author.

Title & Author:

The Roman imperial mausoleum in late antiquity / Mark J. Johnson.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
©2009

Description:

xvi, 296 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
A considerably enlarged and revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 1986.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-291) and index.
The emperor in death -- From tumulus to domed rotunda in imperial mausolea -- The mature domed rotunda--mausolea of the tetrarchs -- Mausolea of the Christian emperors -- Sepulcra divorum--symbolism and cult practices.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

This text is a comprehensive study of the mausolea of the later Roman emperors. Mark Johnson examines the symbolism and function of the mausolea, demonstrating for the first time that these monuments served as temples and shrines to the divinized emperors.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780521513715 (hbk.)
0521513715 (hbk.)

Subject:

Kaiser, ...
Römisches Reich; Kaiser.
Mausoleums Rome History.
Emperors Tombs Rome.
Burial Rome History.
Art, Roman.
Architecture, Roman.
Mausolées Rome Histoire.
Sépulture Rome Histoire.
Art romain.
Architecture romaine.
21.71 commercial and industrial buildings.
21.79 architecture: other.
Antiquities.
Burial.
Emperors Tombs.
Kings and rulers.
Manners and customs.
Mausoleums.
Mausoleum
Mausolea.
Roman imperial period.
Emperors.
Late antiquity.
Grabdenkmal Herrscher Römer Geschichte Spätmittelalter.
Mausoleum Römer Geschichte Spätmittelalter.
Herrscher Grabdenkmal Römer Geschichte Spätmittelalter.
Mausoleums Rome.
Kaiser.
Rome Antiquities.
Rome Kings and rulers.
Rome Social life and customs.
Rome Antiquités.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Roman Empire.

Form/genre:

Theses.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263938
Call No.: BIB 195246
Notes: hbk.
Status: Available