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This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic. It discusses how the practice of divination changed at a time of great political and social change and explores the evidence for a critical reflection and debate on the limits of divination and prediction in the second and first centuries BC. Divination was a central feature in the workings of the Roman government and this book explores the ways in which it changed under the pressure of factors of socio-political complexity and disruption. It discusses the ways in which the problem of the prediction of the future is constructed in the literature of the period. Finally, it explores the impact that the emergence of the Augustan regime had on the place of divination in Rome and the role that divinatory themes had in shaping the ideology of the new regime.

Politik --- Wahrsagen --- Römisches Reich --- Wahrsagen. --- Divination --- Political culture --- Politik. --- Social change --- History. --- Rome --- Römisches Reich. --- History --- Politics and government --- Culture politique --- Changement social --- Politique et gouvernement --- Histoire --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Culture --- Political science --- Augury --- Soothsaying --- Occultism --- Worship --- Arts and Humanities --- Divination - Rome --- Political culture - Rome - History --- Social change - Rome - History --- Rome - History - Republic, 265-30 B.C --- Rome - Politics and government - 510-30 B.C.

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"This volume reappraises the wide-ranging and lasting transformation of the Roman monarchy between the Principate and Late Antiquity. The focus of the book will lie on the period from Diocletian to Theodosius I (284-395) and thus on a major developmental phase in the history of the Roman Empire. During this period, the stability of monarchical rule depended heavily on the emperor's mobility, on collegial or dynastic rule, and on the military resolution of internal political crises. At the same time, profound religious changes modified the premises of political interaction and symbolic communication between the emperor and his subjects, and administrative and military readjustments changed the institutional foundations of the Roman monarchy. This volume concentrates on the measures taken by Roman emperors of this period to cope with the changing framework of their rule. The collection will examine monarchy along three distinct yet intertwined fields: Administering the Empire, Performing the Monarchy, and Balancing Religious Change. Each field possesses its own historiography and methodology, and accordingly has usually been treated separately. This volume's multifaceted approach builds on recent trends to examine imperial rule in a more integrated fashion. A brief introductory article to each thematic section provides an overview of the major developments in the field, thereby providing a coherent framework for the contributions. Including new work from a wide range of European and American scholars, both established and junior, Contested Monarchy promises to provide a fresh survey of the role of the Roman monarch in a period of significant and enduring change"--Provided by publisher.

Monarchy --- Emperors --- Christianity and politics --- Social change --- Monarchie --- Empereurs --- Christianisme et politique --- Changement social --- History. --- Histoire --- Rome --- History --- Kings and rulers. --- Politics and government --- Religion. --- Rois et souverains --- Politique et gouvernement --- Religion --- Kings and rulers --- Christianity and politics. --- Emperors. --- Monarchy. --- Political science. --- Social change. --- Monarchie. --- Late oudheid. --- 284-476. --- Rome (Empire). --- Czars (Emperors) --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Kingdom (Monarchy) --- Executive power --- Political science --- Royalists --- Europe --- Monarchy - Rome - History --- Emperors - Rome - History --- Christianity and politics - Rome - History --- Social change - Rome - History --- Rome - History - Empire, 284-476 --- Rome - Kings and rulers --- Rome - Politics and government - 284-476 --- Rome - Religion

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"This is the first monograph to examine in detail the ludi saeculares (secular games) of Septimius Severus and argues that the games represented a radical shift from Antonine imperial ideology. To garner popular support and to legitimise his power Severus conducted an intensive propaganda campaign but how did he use the ludi to strengthen his power, and what were the messages he conveyed through them? The central theme is ritual, and the idea of ritual as a process that builds collective identity. The games symbolised the new Severan political and social vision and they embodied the idea of Roman identity and the image of Roman society which the emperor wished to promote. The programme of the games was recorded in a stone inscription and this text is analysed in detail, translated into English and contextualised in the socio-political aims of Septimius Severus. Jussi Rantala is a researcher at the University of Tampere, Finland. His main research interests include questions of religion, ritual, representation, identity and historiography in the Roman Empire"--Provided by publisher.

Secular games --- Games --- Ritual --- Imperialism --- Power (Social sciences) --- Group identity --- Social change --- History. --- Political aspects --- Philosophy --- Severus, Lucius Septimius, --- Political and social views. --- Influence. --- Rome --- History --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Changement social --- Histoire --- Jeux séculaires --- Jeux --- Rituel --- Impérialisme --- Identité collective --- Aspect politique --- Philosophie --- Jeux séculaires --- Impérialisme --- Identité collective --- Political and social views --- Influence --- Secular games - History --- Games - Political aspects - Rome - History --- Ritual - Political aspects - Rome - History --- Imperialism - Philosophy - History --- Power (Social sciences) - Rome - History --- Group identity - Rome - History --- Social change - Rome - History --- Severus, Lucius Septimius, - Emperor of Rome, - 146-211 - Political and social views --- Severus, Lucius Septimius, - Emperor of Rome, - 146-211 - Influence --- Rome - History - Severans, 193-235 --- Severus, Lucius Septimius, - Emperor of Rome, - 146-211