Coin power and Rome : one transformation world / Moeda e poder em Roma : um mundo em transformação
AUTOR(ES)
Claudio Umpierre Carlan
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
The paper begins aims at studying the Rome History just before Constantine ruled the Empire, considering that Constantine is considered as a direct heir of his four predecessors. The main sources is the coins issued by Diocletian and Constantine, both collections stored at the National Historical Museum at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By discussing political issues relating to the Roman worId in the 3rd.c. AD and in the beginning of the 4th c. The paper emphasizes the importance of using a variety of historical sources, such as iconographic, archaeological, and art historical. Using iconographic sources to study a numismatic collection at the National Historical Museum, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the paper aims at studying images as a source for propaganda aiming at justifying imperial rule
ASSUNTO(S)
antiguidades romanas moeda rome coin roman antiquities
