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Rome's transition from a republican system of government to an imperial regime comprised more than a century of civil upheaval and rapid institutional change. Yet the establishment of a ruling dynasty, centered around a single leader, came as a cultural and political shock to Rome's aristocracy, who had shared power in the previous political order. How did the imperial regime manage to establish itself and how did the Roman elites from the time of Julius Caesar to Nero make sense of it? In this compelling book, Matthew Roller reveals a "dialogical" process at work, in which writers and philosophers vigorously negotiated and contested the nature and scope of the emperor's authority, despite the consensus that he was the ultimate authority figure in Roman society.Roller seeks evidence for this "thinking out" of the new order in a wide range of republican and imperial authors, with an emphasis on Lucan and Seneca the Younger. He shows how elites assessed the impact of the imperial system on traditional aristocratic ethics and examines how several longstanding authority relationships in Roman society--those of master to slave, father to son, and gift-creditor to gift-debtor--became competing models for how the emperor did or should relate to his aristocratic subjects. By revealing this ideological activity to be not merely reactive but also constitutive of the new order, Roller contributes to ongoing debates about the character of the Roman imperial system and about the "politics" of literature.
Aristocracy (Political science) --- Class consciousness --- Emperors --- Rome --- History --- Aristocracy --- Political science --- Caesars --- Decennalia --- Roman emperors --- Consciousness --- Social perception --- Social classes
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"Models from the Past in Roman Culture Historical examples played a key role in ancient Roman culture, and Matthew Roller's book presents a coherent model for understanding the rhetorical, moral, and historiographical operations of Roman exemplarity. It examines the process of observing, evaluating, and commemorating noteworthy actors or deeds, and then holding those performances up as a norms by which to judge subsequent actors or as patterns for them to imitate. The model is fleshed out via detailed case studies of individual exemplary performers, the monuments that commemorate them, and the later contexts - the political arguments and social debates - in which these figures are invoked to support particular positions or agendas"--
History --- Manners and customs --- Memory --- Role models --- Sources. --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Sources --- Rome (Empire). --- Rome --- Social life and customs --- Social life and customs. --- E-books --- Role models - Rome - History - Sources --- Memory - Social aspects - Rome --- Rome - Sources - Biography --- Rome - Social life and customs - History - Sources
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Dinners and dining --- Posture --- Social classes --- Repas --- Classes sociales --- Rome --- Civilization. --- Social life and customs. --- Civilisation --- Moeurs et coutumes --- History. --- Rome (Italy) --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Body position --- Erect position of human beings --- Position, Body --- Human beings --- Stature --- Banquets --- Dining --- Eating --- Meals --- Caterers and catering --- Entertaining --- Etiquette --- Cooking --- Gastronomy --- Menus --- Table --- History --- Attitude and movement
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