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Explores 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 as a means for politicians in this to shape their public images and consolidate their power and prestige.

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Geoffrey Sumi has written a book that should be on every Roman historian's shelves.""—Allen M. Ward, New England Classical Journal

""This is a well-written, informative and useful book . . . an excellent example and an important one, with which those who teach this period in schools should become familiar.""—John Murrell, The Journal of Classics Teaching

Ceremony and Power

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    A Paperback by Geoffrey Sumi


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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472036660, 978-0472036660
      ISBN10: 0472036661
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores 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 as a means for politicians in this to shape their public images and consolidate their power and prestige.

      Trade Review
      Geoffrey Sumi has written a book that should be on every Roman historian's shelves.""—Allen M. Ward, New England Classical Journal

      ""This is a well-written, informative and useful book . . . an excellent example and an important one, with which those who teach this period in schools should become familiar.""—John Murrell, The Journal of Classics Teaching

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