LEADER 02819nam 2200685 a 450 001 996209836103316 005 20170815171357.0 010 $a0-19-929827-0 010 $a1-280-75352-8 010 $a9786610753529 010 $a0-19-152930-3 010 $a1-4237-5314-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375180 035 $a(EBL)679425 035 $a(OCoLC)712015927 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000089632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124020 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092924 035 $a(PQKB)11512580 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC679425 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035748 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7035748 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375180 100 $a20050215d2004 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpectacular power in the Greek and Roman city$b[electronic resource] /$fAndrew Bell 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-171409-7 311 $a0-19-924234-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [252]-279) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aAndrew 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 relation 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zRome 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zGreece 606 $aMunicipal government$zRome 606 $aMunicipal government$zGreece 606 $aPrestige 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aMunicipal government 615 0$aMunicipal government 615 0$aPrestige. 676 $a320.850937 700 $aBell$b Andrew$g(Andrew J. E.)$01021627 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996209836103316 996 $aSpectacular power in the Greek and Roman city$92424519 997 $aUNISA