Emperor and court
Abstract
The figure of the late Roman emperor dominated his society as few rulers before or since. To convey what it would be like to die and meet God, a contemporary evoked the emperor emerging from his palace, and an age obsessed with religion constantly linked emperor and God: ‘God needs nothing; the emperor needs only God.’ The emperor’s body was human, but his imperial power made him ‘like God’. Yet the all-powerful ‘Master of Earth and Sea and Every People’ never appeared alone: he was always accompanied by others, who bathed in the reflected glory of his splendour. Onlookers envied the luck of his closest attendants and companions, despite the realization that exalted rank at court was precarious.
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Michael McCormick (2001). Emperor and court. Cambridge University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521325912.007
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title = {Emperor and court},
author = {McCormick, Michael},
year = {2001},
journal = {Cambridge University Press eBooks},
doi = {10.1017/chol9780521325912.007}
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