04129nam 2200661Ia 450 991082194070332120200520144314.01-107-19918-21-281-77586-X97866117758650-511-42389-60-511-51181-70-511-42272-50-511-42437-X0-511-42206-70-511-42338-1(CKB)1000000000542546(EBL)355456(OCoLC)294758962(SSID)ssj0000129353(PQKBManifestationID)11147674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129353(PQKBWorkID)10070767(PQKB)10862346(UkCbUP)CR9780511511813(MiAaPQ)EBC355456(Au-PeEL)EBL355456(CaPaEBR)ebr10246219(CaONFJC)MIL177586(EXLCZ)99100000000054254620080131d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium the rhetoric of empire /Sarolta A. TakacsCambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20091 online resource (xxiii, 167 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-40793-1 0-521-87865-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Ch. 1. Republican Rome's Rhetorical Pattern of Political Authority -- Virtual Reality: To Win Fame and Practice Virtue -- Creation of a Public Image: Rome's Virtuous Man -- Virtue and Remembrance: The Tomb of the Scipiones -- Variations on the Theme: Cicero's Virtuous Roman -- Pater Patriae: Symbol of Authority and Embodiment of Tradition -- Virtuous Father: Gaius Julius Caesar -- Ch. 2. Empire of Words and Men -- Augustus's Achievements: A Memory Shaped -- Horace's Poem 3.2: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori -- Nero: What an Artist Dies with Me! -- Vespasian: The Upstart from Reate -- Trajan: Jupiter on Earth -- Maximus: Hollywood's Ideal Roman -- Ch. 3. Appropriation of a Pattern Mending the Known World Order -- New World Order -- Constantine, Very Wisely, Seldom Said "No" -- Pagan's Last Stand -- Augustine: The Christian Cicero -- Claudian's On the Fourth Consulate of Honorius -- Ch. 4. Power of Rhetoric -- Last Roman Emperor: Justinian -- First Byzantine Emperor: Heraclius -- View to the West: Charlemagne -- Back to the East: A Theocratic State?In The Construction of Authority in Ancient Rome and Byzantium, Sarolta Takács examines the role of the Roman emperor, who was the single most important law-giving authority in Roman society. Emperors had to embody the qualities or virtues espoused by Rome's ruling classes. Political rhetoric shaped the ancients' reality and played a part in the upkeep of their political structures. Takács isolates a reccurring cultural pattern, a conscious appropriation of symbols and signs (verbal and visual) belonging to the Roman Empire. She shows that many contemporary concepts of 'empire' have Roman precedents, which are reactivations or reuses of well-established ancient patterns. Showing the dialectical interactivity between the constructed past and present, Takács also focuses on the issue of classical legacy through these virtues, which are not simply repeated or adapted cultural patterns, but are tools for the legitimization of political power, authority, and even domination of one nation over another.Rhetoric, AncientByzantine EmpirePolitics and governmentRomePolitics and governmentRhetoric, Ancient.320.937Takacs Sarolta A183254MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821940703321The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium3950929UNINA