The Funus Imperatorum and the “Theatre of Power”. The Obsequies of Constantine and the Reinvention of Imperial Funeral Rites in a World that gradually Becomes Christian
Abstract
This contribution analyzes the rule of the material culture of royalty during the funus imperatorum. This inquiry applies archaeological, anthropological and historical effectiveness and reports them to the work of sovereigns’ entourage, which concludes questions about the representation problems in the imperial funeral. In this way, it scrutinizes the spectacularization of communication strategies, that model etiquette of Roman emperors in Late Antiquity.
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