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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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2001.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.