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Ceremony and Power: Performing Politics in Rome between Republic and Empire - Softcover

Sumi, Geoffrey

 
9780472036660: Ceremony and Power: Performing Politics in Rome between Republic and Empire
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0472036661 ISBN 13: 9780472036660
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Geoffrey Sumi is Professor of Classics at Mount Holyoke College.

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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0472036661
ISBN 13 
9780472036660
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
378