Tradition And Power In The Roman Empire
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: Brill |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
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: 2024-04-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9004537457 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004537453 |
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: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tradition and Power in the Roman Empire by :
The focus of this volume is on the interface between tradition and power in the Roman Empire. By including the age of Augustus and later imperial periods, it shows the continuous importance of tradition in ruling the Roman Empire.
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: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2024-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004537460 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004537465 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tradition and Power in the Roman Empire by :
This volume focuses on the interface between tradition and the shifting configuration of power structures in the Roman Empire. By examining various time periods and locales, its contributions show the Empire as a world filed with a wide variety of cultural, political, social, and religious traditions. These traditions were constantly played upon in the processes of negotiation and (re)definition that made the empire into a superstructure whose coherence was embedded in its diversity.
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: Karl Galinsky |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 448 |
Release |
: 2005-09-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107494565 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107494567 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus by : Karl Galinsky
The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC – AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of political and social history, religion, literature, and art and architecture. The sixteen essays, written by distinguished specialists from the United States and Europe, explore the multi-faceted character of the period and the interconnections between social, religious, political, literary, and artistic developments. Introducing the reader to many of the central issues of the Age of Augustus, the essays also break new ground and will stimulate further research and discussion.
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: John Pollini |
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: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 576 |
Release |
: 2012-11-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806188164 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806188162 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis From Republic to Empire by : John Pollini
Political image-making—especially from the Age of Augustus, when the Roman Republic evolved into a system capable of governing a vast, culturally diverse empire—is the focus of this masterful study of Roman culture. Distinguished art historian and classical archaeologist John Pollini explores how various artistic and ideological symbols of religion and power, based on Roman Republican values and traditions, were taken over or refashioned to convey new ideological content in the constantly changing political world of imperial Rome. Religion, civic life, and politics went hand in hand and formed the very fabric of ancient Roman society. Visual rhetoric was a most effective way to communicate and commemorate the ideals, virtues, and political programs of the leaders of the Roman State in an empire where few people could read and many different languages were spoken. Public memorialization could keep Roman leaders and their achievements before the eyes of the populace, in Rome and in cities under Roman sway. A leader’s success demonstrated that he had the favor of the gods—a form of legitimation crucial for sustaining the Roman Principate, or government by a “First Citizen.” Pollini examines works and traditions ranging from coins to statues and reliefs. He considers the realistic tradition of sculptural portraiture and the ways Roman leaders from the late Republic through the Imperial period were represented in relation to the divine. In comparing visual and verbal expression, he likens sculptural imagery to the structure, syntax, and diction of the Latin language and to ancient rhetorical figures of speech. Throughout the book, Pollini’s vast knowledge of ancient history, religion, literature, and politics extends his analysis far beyond visual culture to every aspect of ancient Roman civilization, including the empire’s ultimate conversion to Christianity. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the relationship between artistic developments and political change in ancient Rome.
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: Janet Huskinson |
Publisher |
: Psychology Press |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0415212847 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415212847 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Experiencing Rome by : Janet Huskinson
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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: Ton Derks |
Publisher |
: Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789089640789 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9089640789 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity by : Ton Derks
A bold and original examination of the relationships between ethnicity and political power in the ancient world.
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: W. V. Harris |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 381 |
Release |
: 2016-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107152717 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107152712 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Roman Power by : W. V. Harris
This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.
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: Richard A. Horsley |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 1997-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1563382172 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781563382178 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Paul and Empire by : Richard A. Horsley
Over the centuries, Paul has been understood as the prototypical convert from Judaism to Christianity. At the time of Pauls conversion, however, Christianity did not yet exist. Moreover, Paul says nothing to indicate that he was abandoning Judaism or Israel. He, in fact, understood his mission as the fulfillment of the promises to Israel and of Israels own destiny. In brief, Pauls gospel and mission were set over against the Roman Empire, not Judaism.
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: Brian Campbell |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 606 |
Release |
: 2012-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807869048 |
ISBN-13 |
: 080786904X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by : Brian Campbell
Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of the Mediterranean world. In Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, Brian Campbell explores the role and influence of rivers and their surrounding landscape on the society and culture of the Roman Empire. Examining artistic representations of rivers, related architecture, and the work of ancient geographers and topographers, as well as writers who describe rivers, Campbell reveals how Romans defined the geographical areas they conquered and how geography and natural surroundings related to their society and activities. In addition, he illuminates the prominence and value of rivers in the control and expansion of the Roman Empire--through the legal regulation of riverine activities, the exploitation of rivers in military tactics, and the use of rivers as routes of communication and movement. Campbell shows how a technological understanding of--and even mastery over--the forces of the river helped Rome rise to its central place in the ancient world.
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: Anthony Everitt |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 521 |
Release |
: 2012-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679645160 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679645160 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rise of Rome by : Anthony Everitt
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known. Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill villages in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., Rome grew to become the ancient world’s preeminent power. Everitt fashions the story of Rome’s rise to glory into an erudite page-turner filled with lasting lessons for our time. He chronicles the clash between patricians and plebeians that defined the politics of the Republic. He shows how Rome’s shrewd strategy of offering citizenship to her defeated subjects was instrumental in expanding the reach of her burgeoning empire. And he outlines the corrosion of constitutional norms that accompanied Rome’s imperial expansion, as old habits of political compromise gave way, leading to violence and civil war. In the end, unimaginable wealth and power corrupted the traditional virtues of the Republic, and Rome was left triumphant everywhere except within its own borders. Everitt paints indelible portraits of the great Romans—and non-Romans—who left their mark on the world out of which the mighty empire grew: Cincinnatus, Rome’s George Washington, the very model of the patrician warrior/aristocrat; the brilliant general Scipio Africanus, who turned back a challenge from the Carthaginian legend Hannibal; and Alexander the Great, the invincible Macedonian conqueror who became a role model for generations of would-be Roman rulers. Here also are the intellectual and philosophical leaders whose observations on the art of government and “the good life” have inspired every Western power from antiquity to the present: Cato the Elder, the famously incorruptible statesman who spoke out against the decadence of his times, and Cicero, the consummate orator whose championing of republican institutions put him on a collision course with Julius Caesar and whose writings on justice and liberty continue to inform our political discourse today. Rome’s decline and fall have long fascinated historians, but the story of how the empire was won is every bit as compelling. With The Rise of Rome, one of our most revered chroniclers of the ancient world tells that tale in a way that will galvanize, inform, and enlighten modern readers. Praise for The Rise of Rome “Fascinating history and a great read.”—Chicago Sun-Times “An engrossing history of a relentlessly pugnacious city’s 500-year rise to empire.”—Kirkus Reviews “Rome’s history abounds with remarkable figures. . . . Everitt writes for the informed and the uninformed general reader alike, in a brisk, conversational style, with a modern attitude of skepticism and realism.”—The Dallas Morning News “[A] lively and readable account . . . Roman history has an uncanny ability to resonate with contemporary events.”—Maclean’s “Elegant, swift and faultless as an introduction to his subject.”—The Spectator “[An] engaging work that will captivate and inform from beginning to end.”—Booklist