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- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chronology of Ancient China
- Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome
- The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient World
- Part I Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
- Chapter 1 Of Gold and Purple: Nobles in Western Han China and Republican Rome
- Chapter 2 A Tale of Two Stones
- Chapter 3 Private Associations and Urban Experience in the Han and Roman Empires
- Part II The People as Agents and Addressees
- Part III Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants
- Part IV Identities and “Others”
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - A Tale of Two Stones
Social Memory in Roman Greece and Han China
from Part I - Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2021
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chronology of Ancient China
- Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome
- The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient World
- Part I Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
- Chapter 1 Of Gold and Purple: Nobles in Western Han China and Republican Rome
- Chapter 2 A Tale of Two Stones
- Chapter 3 Private Associations and Urban Experience in the Han and Roman Empires
- Part II The People as Agents and Addressees
- Part III Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants
- Part IV Identities and “Others”
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Summary
Think of a monument that once stood in a city named after the goddess of love, a short drive from the Aegean Sea. Around 170 ce, the citizens of Aphrodisias set up a statue for one Marcus Ulpius Carminius Claudianus, chief priest of imperial cult for the province of Asia.1 If the statue, which did not survive the passing of time, was anything like other monuments of the age, it would have stood more than 4 meters tall (approximately 14 feet).2 At the base of the marble likeness of the man, the donors inscribed an inscription, enumerating the local projects Carminius Claudianus patronized, including the provision of seats in the local theater.
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- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China , pp. 70 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021