KLB_114 The buildings and the images of the imperial cult

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Monika Zobková Koróniová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 M11
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Roman history, art and architecture in the Imperial period.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course the students should be able to be acquainted with: - the origin of the imperial cult
- the related cult of Dea Roma
- the development of the imperial cult, respectively, in the Western and in the Eastern provinces
- the typologies of the buildings of the imperial cult
- the image strategy in the imperial cult, and the main imperial priesthoods
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- define and summarize influences, origin, and beginnings of the Imperial cult
- describe fundamental architectonic and artistic monuments of the Imperial cult
- have a good understanding of the cultic terminology
- analyze the strategy of individual emperors for promoting their own cult, or the cult of their family members
Syllabus
  • 1. The origin and beginnings of the imperial cult
  • 2. The birth of imperial cult under Augustus
  • 3. Augustus, Pompeii
  • 4. Julio-Claudian dynasty
  • 5. Aphrodisias – Sebasteion
  • 6. Leptis Magna
  • 7. The Flavian cult
  • 8. Templum Gentis Flaviae, Domitian temple (Ephesos)
  • 9. Trajan and Hadrian
  • 10. The Antonines
Literature
    required literature
  • ALFÖLDI, M. R. Bild und Bildersprache der römischen Kaiser: Beispiele und Analysen. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1999.
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg, 1973. info
  • FISHWICK, Duncan. The Imperial Cult in the Latin West: Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991. Vol 2, 1. info
  • GRADEL, Ittai. Emperor worship and Roman religion. Oxford: Clarendon, 2002, xviii, 408. ISBN 9780199275489. info
  • MANSUELLI, G. A. Roma e il mondo romano. Torino, 1981. info
    recommended literature
  • DAVIES, Penelope J. E. Death and the Emperor. Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius. Cambridge, 2000.
  • CHALUPA, Aleš. Římský císařský kult: náboženská politika, nebo politické náboženství? (The Roman Imperial Cult: Religious Politics or Political Religion?). In BUBÍK, Tomáš and Henryk HOFFMANN. Náboženství a politika I. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2007, p. 154-163. ISBN 978-80-7194-994-7. info
  • CHALUPA, A. „How Did Roman Emperors Become Gods? Various Concepts of Imperial Apotheosis", Anodos: Studies of the Ancient World 6-7, 2006-2007, 201-207.
  • NORMAN Naomi J. Imperial Triumph and Apotheosis: The Arch of Titus in Rome. In D. B. Counts - and A. S. Tuck (eds.): Koine: Mediterranean Studies in Honor of R. Ross Holloway. Oxbow Books, 2009, 41–53.
  • PRICE, S. R. F. From Noble Funerals to Divine Cult: The Consecration of Roman Emperors. In: Simon R. F. Price – D.Cannadine (eds.), Rituals and Royalty:Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1987, 56-105.
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English).
Assessment methods
Written examination: test (in English).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test v angličtině - volba odpovědí
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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