Constructing Autocracy : : Aristocrats and Emperors in Julio-Claudian Rome / / Matthew B. Roller.
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 aristo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2001] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE. ETHICS AND IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY
- Chapter One. THE ETHICS OF CIVIL WAR: COMPETING COMMUNITIES IN LUCAN
- Chapter Two. ETHICS FOR THE PRINCIPATE: SENECA, STOICISM, AND TRADITIONAL ROMAN MORALITY
- PART TWO. FIGURING THE EMPEROR
- Chapter Three. THE EMPEROR'S AUTHORITY: DINING, EXCHANGE, AND SOCIAL HIERARCHY
- Chapter Four. MODELING THE EMPEROR: THE MASTER-SLAVE RELATIONSHIP AND ITS ALTERNATIVES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GENERAL INDEX