03566nam 22006734a 450 991096286960332120200520144314.01-282-59382-X97866125938260-472-02592-910.3998/mpub.97634(CKB)2560000000012963(OCoLC)615635650(CaPaEBR)ebrary10373098(SSID)ssj0000413739(PQKBManifestationID)11913195(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413739(PQKBWorkID)10384940(PQKB)11254802(MiAaPQ)EBC3414740(MdBmJHUP)muse9587(MiU)10.3998/mpub.97634(Au-PeEL)EBL3414740(CaPaEBR)ebr10373098(CaONFJC)MIL259382(OCoLC)743200894(BIP)46255617(BIP)11185630(EXLCZ)99256000000001296320050429d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCeremony and power performing politics in Rome between Republic and Empire /Geoffrey S. SumiAnn Arbor University of Michigan Press20051 online resource (xii, 360 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-11517-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-345) and index.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 ceremonyIn Ceremony and Power, Geoffrey Sumi is concerned with the relationship between political power and public ceremonial in the Roman Republic, with particular focus on the critical months following Ceasar's assassination and later as Augustus became the first emperor of Rome. The book traces the use of a variety of public ceremonies, including assemblies of the people, triumphs, funerals, and games, as a means for politicians in this period of instability and transition to shape their public images and consolidate their power and prestige. Ultimately, Sumi shows that the will of the people, whether they were the electorate assembled at the comitia, the citizen body at the contio, the spectators at the theater, the crowd at the triumph, or mourners at a funeral, strongly influenced the decisions and actions of Roman aristocrats.Political customs and ritesRomeRites and ceremoniesRomeRomePolitics and government265-30 B.CRomePolitics and government30 B.C.-68 A.DPolitical customs and ritesRites and ceremonies937/.04Sumi Geoffrey S.1963-605961Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962869603321Ceremony and power1121069UNINA