Historical Studies in Late Roman Art and Archaeology: Volume 25 (Late Antique History and Religion)

Alan Cameron (1938-2017) was one of the most remarkable and wide-ranging classical scholars of recent times. Beyond his central interests in the history and Latin and Greek literature of the later Roman empire, his scholarly work ranged from the Hellenistic age deep into the Byzantine period. But as Jas Elsner demonstrates in the introduction to this book, he also made a substantial contribution to the history of late Roman art. This collection was planned by Cameron himself, and brings together nineteen of his articles on late Roman art and archaeology written between the 1980s and 2017. Marked by Cameron’s witty, accessible, and polemical style, they illustrate his developing views on the ivory diptychs of office holders, and offer fundamental discussions of silver plate, luxury manuscripts, gold glass, and sarcophagi. This book will be of interest not only to art historians, but to all specialists in the late Roman world. 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_00_VW 2 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_01_Introduction 18 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_02_Chap1 30 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_03_Chap2 36 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_04_Chap3 50 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_05_Chap4 68 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_06_Chap5 70 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_07_Chap6 80 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_08_Chap7 86 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_09_Chap8 94 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_10_Chap9 104 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_11_Chap10 118 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_12_Chap11 148 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_13_Chap12 158 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_14_Chap13 168 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_15_Chap14 192 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_16_Chap15 214 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_17_Chap16 252 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_18_Chap17 294 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_19_Chap18 302 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_20_Chap19 322 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_21_Abbreviations 340 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_22_Bibliography 342 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_23_Index-of-names 370 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_24_Index-of-places 378 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_25_Index-of-art 380 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_26_Index-of-manuscripts 386 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_27_Index-Locorum 388 103155_Cameron_LAHR25_28_BASISLIJST_06 398