As cunhagens de GALBA (68-69 d.C): propaganda do poder nas moedas romanas

Abstract

This dissertation aims to approach the building and legitimisation of imperial authority through the propaganda that was employed by the Roman numismatics. Based upon an analyzis of the coins minted during the principality of Galba, we have sought to examine those that carried messages regarding the virtues of Hispania and Roma Renasc and the link between these prints with the construction of the public image of the princeps. Because we believe that Galba inserted a new way of validating his power creating a propaganda that misled the people into thinking he was able to rule. Thus, leading us to conclude that Galba used a differring strategy of consolidating his power, in contrast to the dinasty that governed previously. Thereby, upon understanding the process of development of Galba’s depiction, we can get to know the expectations he had in mind on what was necessary to be the Roman emperor post-Nero.