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Author Sumi, Geoffrey S., 1963-

Title Ceremony and power : performing politics in Rome between Republic and Empire / Geoffrey S. Sumi
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations
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Contents 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 ceremony
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index
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Subject Political customs and rites -- Rome
Rites and ceremonies -- Rome
HISTORY -- Ancient.
HISTORY -- General.
Political customs and rites
Politics and government
Rites and ceremonies
Politik
Zeremonie
Politiek.
Bestuursorganen.
Ceremoniën.
SUBJECT Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115180
Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-68 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115181
Subject Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005012550
ISBN 9780472025923
0472025929
128259382X
9781282593824
9786612593826
6612593822
0472115170
9780472115174