This paper discusses the visual language adopted in the cities of Asia Minor to represent the emperor Caracalla in the years 214–216, which he spent travelling between the Anatolian region, Egypt and the Near East. The focus of this study is the imagery designed to express his relation with the divine through the overlapping representations of the emperor as a devotee and peer of the gods, and as a divine being. The first part of the study compares Rome to Asia Minor to show divergences as well as possible links between provincial and metropolitan media, discussing local and imperial responses to the emperor governing from the Roman East. The second part focuses on the imagery introduced in Asia Minor to represent the worship of the living Roman emperor and his cult-image in particular, providing insights into the creation of extraordinary visual patterns that remained unique to the reign of Caracalla.

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卡拉卡拉与神：小亚细亚视觉语言中的帝王崇拜与表现

本文讨论了小亚细亚城市采用的视觉语言来代表 214-216 年的卡拉卡拉皇帝，他在安纳托利亚地区、埃及和近东之间旅行。这项研究的重点是意象，旨在通过将皇帝作为奉献者和众神同侪以及作为神灵的重叠表现来表达他与神的关系。该研究的第一部分将罗马与小亚细亚进行了比较，以显示省级和大都市媒体之间的分歧以及可能的联系，讨论了地方和帝国对罗马东方皇帝统治的反应。第二部分重点介绍小亚细亚引入的意象，以表现对在世罗马皇帝的崇拜，特别是他的崇拜形象，