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Constructing autocracy : aristocrats and emperors in Julio-Claudian Rome /

"Rome's transition from a republican system of government to an imperial regime comprised more than a century of civil upheaval and rapid institutional change. Yet the establishment of a ruling dynasty, centered around a single leader, came as a cultural and political shock to Rome's...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roller, Matthew B., 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Ethics and Imperial Ideology. Ch. 1. The Ethics of Civil War: Competing Communities in Lucan. Ch. 2. Ethics for the Principate: Seneca, Stoicism, and Traditional Roman Morality
  • pt. 2. Figuring the Emperor. Ch. 3. The Emperor's Authority: Dining, Exchange, and Social Hierarchy. Ch. 4. Modeling the Emperor: The Master-Slave Relationship and Its Alternatives.