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- Imagining the Roman Emperor
- Imagining the Roman Emperor
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface: in omnibus varius – A Multifaceted Emperor
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction An Imagined Emperor
- Chapter 1 A History of the Roman Emperor
- Chapter 2 The Emperor As an Arbiter of Justice
- Chapter 3 The Generosity of the Roman Emperor
- Chapter 4 Wonder Tales
- Chapter 5 Wisdom and Wit: Making Fun of the Emperor
- Chapter 6 Living in an Age of Gold, or the Emperor As a Temporal Figure
- Coda
- References
- Index
Chapter 2 - The Emperor As an Arbiter of Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
- Imagining the Roman Emperor
- Imagining the Roman Emperor
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface: in omnibus varius – A Multifaceted Emperor
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction An Imagined Emperor
- Chapter 1 A History of the Roman Emperor
- Chapter 2 The Emperor As an Arbiter of Justice
- Chapter 3 The Generosity of the Roman Emperor
- Chapter 4 Wonder Tales
- Chapter 5 Wisdom and Wit: Making Fun of the Emperor
- Chapter 6 Living in an Age of Gold, or the Emperor As a Temporal Figure
- Coda
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter focusses on the theme of justice in the expectation of intercession by the Roman emperor in judicial and non-judicial contexts. The chapter takes a wide range of evidence to chart the locations for imperial intercession, which includes images of justice on provincial coinage, asylum seeking by slaves at statues and images of the emperor, and quasi-fictional vignettes of encounters between the emperor and subjects in the context of embassies. Expectations of justice and fears of arbitrary judgement appear together in discourse.
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- Imagining the Roman EmperorPerceptions of Rulers in the High Empire, pp. 62 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023