Public buildings in Late Antique Rome as a medium for political propaganda. The testimony of inscriptions and legal documents

BABIC, Marek. Public buildings in Late Antique Rome as a medium for political propaganda. The testimony of inscriptions and legal documents. Historicky, casopis, 2012, 60, 1, pp. 5-22, Bratislava. In the era of the Late Roman Empire - 4th and 5th centuries - the public buildings of the city of Rome not only passively reflected the political, religious and economic changes affecting the Roman Empire in the period of intensive barbarian raids and the gradual Christianization of society. They also actively served as a medium for political propaganda from the ruling elite. This study poses two inter-related basic questions: How did public building in Late Antique Rome reflect the substantial changes in politics, religion and culture? How were these changes perceived by the ruling elite, which interpreted and defined the basic problems of building in inscriptions and legislation?