John Alexander Lobur

Consensus, Concordia and the Formation of Roman Imperial Ideology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the genesis of the Roman empire, and how self-justification of the first emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him to adhere to 'legitimate' and 'traditional' forms of self-presentation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135867539
• Artikelnr.: 42977937

Autorenporträt

Dr. John Alexander Lobur is an assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi. His interests include Early Imperial History, Literature and Rhetoric, Roman Political and Social Ideology and Roman Historiography.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Translation
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Consensus and Voice in the Formation of the Principate
Chapter I. Roman Consensus and the Founding of the Principate
Chapter II. Order from Chaos: The Narrative of Discord as the Early
Imperial Political-Cultural Template
Chapter III. Proscription, the Autonomous Creation of Imperial Ideology,
and Auctoritas
Chapter IV. Velleius Paterculus and the Unified Political Culture of the
Early Principate
Chapter V. Declamation, Ideology and Consensus
Chapter VI: "Presenting" the Past: Valerius Maximus and Imperial Consensus
Notes
Bibliography
Index