Ceremony and Power: Performing Politics in Rome Between Republic and Empire

ISBN-13: 9780472036660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 378 str.

Geoffrey Sumi

Opis

Explores the relationship between political power and public ceremonial in the Roman Republic, with particular focus on the critical months following Caesar's assassination and later as Augustus became the first emperor of Rome. The book traces the use of a variety of public ceremonies as a means for politicians in this to shape their public images and consolidate their power and prestige.