The eleven chapters of this stimulating volume are the result of a series of workshops held at the University of Durham between 2014 and 2017. In the introduction, the two editors explain that the volume treats from a number of differentiated perspectives, and in a somewhat experimental key, Roman imperial imagery, strictly understood as “imagery that makes reference to imperial power” (2). The main goal is to verify how this imagery, in its many possible expressions, was reworked at various levels of the social scale and in different territorial contexts, used for self-referential purposes and was perceived both by high ranking social groups and by individuals. Among the most relevant observations made by the work is that the images of imperial power were not controllable by the power itself, while one would be inclined to believe instinctively or by conviction that imperial ideology was able to spread and be approved. The other concept, or rather approach, that guide the editors and their authors is that of “social dynamics”. It could be more empirically defined, in our case, as the instrument to interpret the reactions, the interactions, the social mechanics aroused by the use of figurative representations (combined or not with writing) that recalled or represented the central power in the different social and chronological contexts. The guidelines that give cohesion to the book are evoked by the editors on p. 13: “Each author has contributed their own models and methods, but we have shared terminologies, materials and thoughts throughout the process”.