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Author Ricci, Cecilia, author

Title Security in Roman Times : Rome, Italy and the Emperors
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2018

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Contents Part, I From public order to security / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 1 Studies on military forces and public order in Rome and Italy from Republic to Principate -- Points of view / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 2 Between Pax, Disciplina and Securitas -- Moving the focus / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 3 The security of Rome and the security of the emperor -- The slow development of a discourse and its transformation into a communicative instrument / Cecilia Ricci -- part, II The birth of a dispositive / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 4 The security of the Princeps in Rome -- Military escorts and bodyguards / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 5 The security of the urban area and its inhabitants -- Civilian, paramilitary and military personnel / Cecilia Ricci -- part, III Testing a dispositive / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 6 A topography of security and dangerous places -- With an episode / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 7 The urban soldiers and the city 1 / Cecilia Ricci -- part, IV Policing and security in imperial Italy / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 8 Praesidia Urbis et Italiae -- Grumentum and its territory -- a case study 1 / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 9 Praetoria and praetorians -- The emperor's travels and security (Latium Vetus) 1 / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter 10 Emperors on the move -- Security in the Campanian cities and in the Albanum Domitiani (first century ad) 1 / Cecilia Ricci -- chapter Epilogue -- Securitati Caesaris totiusque Urbis / Cecilia Ricci
Summary "Using literary, epigraphic, numismatic and iconographic sources this book investigates the safety devices that were in place for the protection of the emperor and the city of Rome in the imperial age. In the aftermath of the civil wars Augustus continued to provide for his physical safety in the same way as in the old Republic while, at the same time, overturning the taboo of armed men in the city. During the Augustan age, the division of the city into 14 regions and 265 vici was designed to establish control over the urban space. Augustus' successors consolidated his policy but the specific roles of the various military or paramilitary forces remain a matter for debate. Drawing on the testimony of ancient authors such as Tacitus and Suetonius and on material evidence, the volume examines both the circumstances in which these forces intervened and the strategies that they adopted. It also examines the pre-Augustan, Augustan and post-Augustan sense of 'securitas', both as a philosophical and a political concept. The final section expands the focus from the city of Rome to the Italian peninsula where the security of the emperor as he travelled to his country residences required advance planning and implementation."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject National security.
National security
SUBJECT Rome -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115172
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Military history
Form Electronic book
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