{"product_id":"the-history-of-makebelieve-9780520236509","title":"The History of MakeBelieve","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces Tacitus' development of this fingere\/credere dynamic both backward and forward from the crucial year A D 69. This book offers insights into the conditions of historical knowledge and into the psychic logic of power and its vicissitudes, from Augustus through the Flavians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction: Belief and Make-Believe 1. An Anatomy of Make-Believe Otho Bids Rome Farewell Fingere\/Credere The Empire of the Cave Historiography and Ideology 2. Nero: The Specter of Civil War Galba versus Nero The Adoption of Piso Nero and Otho 3. Power and Simulacra: The Emperor Vitellius The Look of the Principate Impersonations Simulacral Entries...and Exits 4. Vespasian: The Emperor Who Succeeded Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Religio versus Superstitio Fortuna and Fatum: The Narrative of Superstitio The Miracle at Alexandria 5. A Civil Disturbance: The Batavian Revolts \"Us\" versus \"Them\" Eprius Marcellus and Petilius Cerialis on Libertas at Home and Abroad Batavians Take Out the Roman Trash Conclusion  Notes References Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359046435159,"sku":"9780520236509","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520236509.jpg?v=1754123361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-makebelieve-9780520236509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}