Continuity and innovation in imperial inscriptions. Augustus’ Res Gestae and the Stelae of the Qin First Emperor Compared
In the east under the Qin First Emperor and in the west under Augustus, who both established new regimes after a period of internal wars and expanded their territories enormously, an idea of universal ‘empire’ (orbis terrarum and ‘All-under-Heaven’) began to take shape. In this paper, I will compare...
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New Classicists
2020-05-01
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