Leading Rome from a distance, 300 BCE-37 CE : asserting autocracy through absence /
"Roman political leaders used distance from Rome as a key political tool to assert pre-eminence. Through the case studies of Caesar's hegemony, Augustus's autocracy, and Tiberius's reign, this book examines how these figures' experiences and manipulations of absence establis...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2025.
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| Series: | Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
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| Summary: | "Roman political leaders used distance from Rome as a key political tool to assert pre-eminence. Through the case studies of Caesar's hegemony, Augustus's autocracy, and Tiberius's reign, this book examines how these figures' experiences and manipulations of absence established a multipolar focus of political life centred less on the city of Rome, and more on the idea of a single leader"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 238 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350325401 1350325406 9781350325449 1350325449 |