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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791241403321

Autore

Sumi Geoffrey S. <1963->

Titolo

Ceremony and power : performing politics in Rome between Republic and Empire / / Geoffrey S. Sumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-282-59382-X

9786612593826

0-472-02592-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

937/.04

Soggetti

Political customs and rites - Rome

Rites and ceremonies - Rome

Rome Politics and government 265-30 B.C

Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-68 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-345) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Consensus and conflict: a typology of Roman republican ceremonial Dictator perpetuo: public ceremonial under Caesar's dictatorship Standing in Caesar's shadow: the Ides of March and the performance of public oratory Caesar ex machina: ceremony and Caesar's memory The arrival of Octavian and the ascendancy of Antonius Politics and public entertainment (July 44 BC) Rivalry and reconciliation: ceremony and politics from autumn 44 to the formation of the Second Triumvirate The performance of politics in the Triumviral period: opposition and consolidation The princeps as performer: creating court ceremony