Ceremony and power : performing politics in Rome between Republic and Empire /
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| Author / Creator: | Sumi, Geoffrey S., 1963- |
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| Imprint: | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213661 |
| Summary: | In Ceremony and Power , Geoffrey Sumi is concerned with the relationship between political power and public ceremonial in the Roman Republic, with particular focus on the critical months following Caesar's assassination and later as Augustus became the first emperor of Rome. The book traces the use of a variety of public ceremonies, including assemblies of the people, triumphs, funerals, and games, as a means for politicians in this period of instability and transition to shape their public images and consolidate their power and prestige. Ultimately, Sumi shows that the will of the people, whether they were the electorate assembled at the comitia, the citizen body at the contio, the spectators at the theater, the crowd at the triumph, or mourners at a funeral, strongly influenced the decisions and actions of Roman aristocrats. <br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780472025923 0472025929 128259382X 9781282593824 9786612593826 6612593822 0472115170 9780472115174 9780472036660 0472036661 |