Consensus, Concordia and the Formation of Roman Imperial Ideology

ISBN-13: 9780415542654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 336 str.

John Alexander Lobur

Opis

This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him to adhere to 'legitimate' and 'traditional' forms of self-presentation.

O autorze

Dr. John Alexander Lobur is an assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi. His interests include Early Imperial History, Literature and Rhetoric, Roman Political and Social Ideology and Roman Historiography.