{"product_id":"contested-triumphs-politics-pageantry-and-performance-in-livys-republican-rome-9780520241398","title":"Contested Triumphs  Politics Pageantry and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an analysis of Roman political culture in the middle Republic that focuses on the concerns of the Roman Senate as it decided whether or not to award a victorious general triumphal honors. This book examines several Senate debates as reported by the historian Livy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully crafted... The clarity of her prose and this level of accessibility should encourage researchers in related fields to engage with Pittenger's work.\" Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction: Livy's Republican Rome  PART I. SETTING STANDARDS: IMPERIO AUSPICIO DUCTU FELICITATE  1. Triumphal Decision Making and the SPQR  2. Consular Tribunes and Privati cum Imperio: Magistracy and Triumph  3. Crossing Provincial Boundaries: Joint Campaigns and Overlapping Jurisdictions  4. The Importance of Closure  5. Body Counts; or, Who Killed Whom  6. Patterns of Success   PART II. THE PERFORMANCE OF POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE  7. Prologue: The Triumphs of the Second Punic War  8. L. Furius Purpureo in 2: The Centrality of Narrative  9. L. Cornelius Merula in 193: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?  10. L. Cornelius Scipio Nasica in 191: Family Ties and the Art of Persuasion  11. M. Fulvius Nobilior in 187: Staging Hostilities  12. Cn. Manlius Vulso in 187: Beyond Allowable Limits?  13. M. Popillius Laenas in 173: Inverting the Paradigm  14. L. Aemilius Paullus in 167: Rogatio ad Populum and the Soldiers' Revenge   Conclusion: Triumphs and Roman Values Appendix A: Fasti Liviani: Requests for Triumphs, 218 -- 167 B.C.  Appendix B: Success Rates of Triumph Requests, 218 -- 167 B.C.  Bibliography  Index Locorum  General Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359047582039,"sku":"9780520241398","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520241398.jpg?v=1754123364","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contested-triumphs-politics-pageantry-and-performance-in-livys-republican-rome-9780520241398","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}