| The Julio-Claudian Succession: Reality and Perception of the Augustan Model Contributor(s): Gibson, Alisdair (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004231919 ISBN-13: 9789004231917 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $138.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Civilization - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 937.07 |
| LCCN: 2012029703 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements / Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (0.92 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays considers the challenging questions around the formation, establishment and continuation of the Julio-Claudian principate from the coming to power of Augustus. Augustus laid down the ground rules for a princeps, and the essays explore the subsequent transition of power, and how the succession and subsequent rule manifested itself, even though there was no formal mechanism for such a transfer. These essays fully utilize the extant literary, epigraphic, numismatic and visual record to evaluate Augustus' "political legacy". The representation, and retention, of power was a critical issue for the princeps and his subjects, and the contributors provide fresh political and literary analysis of aspects of the principates of Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius and Nero. |