Spectacular power in the Greek and Roman city [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Bell

• Autore: Bell Andrew (Andrew J. E.)
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.850937
• Soggetto topico: Power (Social sciences) - Rome; Power (Social sciences) - Greece; Municipal government - Rome; Municipal government - Greece; Prestige
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-279) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Andrew 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Spectacular power in the Greek and Roman city
• ISBN: 0-19-929827-0; 1-280-75352-8; 9786610753529; 0-19-152930-3; 1-4237-5314-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996209836103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno