02819nam 2200685 a 450 99620983610331620170815171357.00-19-929827-01-280-75352-897866107535290-19-152930-31-4237-5314-3(CKB)1000000000375180(EBL)679425(OCoLC)712015927(SSID)ssj0000089632(PQKBManifestationID)11124020(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089632(PQKBWorkID)10092924(PQKB)11512580(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073604(MiAaPQ)EBC679425(MiAaPQ)EBC7035748(Au-PeEL)EBL7035748(EXLCZ)99100000000037518020050215d2004 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpectacular power in the Greek and Roman city[electronic resource] /Andrew BellOxford Oxford University Press20041 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171409-7 0-19-924234-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-279) and index.Contents; 1 Looking at the Powerful; 2 Looking at Caesar; 3 The Affections of the Athenians; 4 Kings and Elephants; 5 Elephants and Citizens; 6 Ciceronian Consensus; Afterword; References; IndexAndrew Bell's analysis of the power of prestige in civic communities of the ancient world demonstrates the importance of crowds' aesthetic and emotional judgement upon leaders and their ambitious claims for immediate and lasting significance; and also finds consideration of this dynamic still to be valuable for modern citizens. An initial discussion of the fall of Ceausescu in 1989 prompts theoretical considerations about the inseparability of authority and its manifestation; andscrutiny of Julius Caesar's gestures towards self-definition introduces the complexity of ancient political relationPower (Social sciences)RomePower (Social sciences)GreeceMunicipal governmentRomeMunicipal governmentGreecePrestigeElectronic books.Power (Social sciences)Power (Social sciences)Municipal governmentMunicipal governmentPrestige.320.850937Bell Andrew(Andrew J. E.)1021627MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209836103316Spectacular power in the Greek and Roman city2424519UNISA