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The Construction of Authority in Ancient Rome and Byzantium: The Rhetoric of Empire - Couverture rigide

Takács, Sarolta A.

 
9780521878654: The Construction of Authority in Ancient Rome and Byzantium: The Rhetoric of Empire
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521878659 ISBN 13 : 9780521878654
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

In The Construction of Authority in Ancient Rome and Byzantium, Sarolta Takács examines the role of the Roman emperor, who was the single most important law-giving authority in Roman society. Emperors had to embody the qualities or virtues espoused by Rome's ruling classes. Political rhetoric shaped the ancients' reality and played a part in the upkeep of their political structures. Takács isolates a reccurring cultural pattern, a conscious appropriation of symbols and signs (verbal and visual) belonging to the Roman Empire. She shows that many contemporary concepts of 'empire' have Roman precedents, which are reactivations or reuses of well-established ancient patterns. Showing the dialectical interactivity between the constructed past and present, Takács also focuses on the issue of classical legacy through these virtues, which are not simply repeated or adapted cultural patterns, but are tools for the legitimization of political power, authority, and even domination of one nation over another.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sarolta A. Takacs is associate professor of history and founding dean of the Honors Program at Rutgers University. A recipient of fellowships from the Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as well as grants from The Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Fondation Hardt, she is the author of Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World and Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons: Women in Roman Religion.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521878659
ISBN 13 
9780521878654
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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