The question of the documentary value of the last statues of Late Antiquity has been much debated in many recent publications. This article contributes to this debate and addresses emperors’ statuary and its relation to the development of a Christian theology of the Late Roman emperorship. Traditionally, statues demonstrated the military, legal and economic power of Roman emperors, who were depicted as generals, judges or benefactors. Surprisingly, the Christianisation of imperial power seems to have had a limited influence upon the official iconography of emperors. The religious dimension rarely appeared on statues even though they became rarer in Late Antiquity. Whilst literary sources, especially Christian sources, increasingly mentioned emperors’ personal piety and demonstrative humility, particularly in the monumental context of Constantinople, imperial statues remained faithful to the traditional iconography of power that obliterated physical weakness and embodied autocratic power.

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君士坦丁堡的晚期罗马皇帝：基督教美德的体现和“无形”

在最近的许多出版物中，关于古代晚期最后雕像的文献价值的问题已经引起了很多争论。本文为这场辩论做出了贡献，并讨论了皇帝的雕像及其与晚期罗马皇帝统治的基督教神学发展的关系。传统上，雕像展示了罗马皇帝的军事、法律和经济权力，他们被描绘成将军、法官或恩人。令人惊讶的是，皇权的基督教化似乎对皇帝的官方肖像影响有限。宗教维度很少出现在雕像上，尽管它们在古代晚期变得更加罕见。虽然文学资料，尤其是基督教资料，越来越多地提到皇帝的个人虔诚和表现出的谦逊，