{"product_id":"ceremony-and-power-9780472036660","title":"Ceremony and Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Sumi has written a book that should be on every Roman historian's shelves.\"\"—Allen M. Ward, \u003cem\u003eNew England Classical Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"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, \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Classics Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037083795799,"sku":"9780472036660","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472036660.jpg?v=1750934331","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ceremony-and-power-9780472036660","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}