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Death and the Emperor

Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius

By: Penelope J. E. Davies

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Death and the Emperor

Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius

By: Penelope J. E. Davies

The role of monuments in the Roman imperial cult. “Davies sets out to ask, How did the Romans bury Caesar? And with what monuments did they sing his praises? . . . The architectural elaboration of these structures, their siting in the capital, the lines of vision and approaches that exposed them to view, the paths their complex outworks formed for visitors to walk, are all picked out with skill and presented with care in Death and the Emperor.” Times Literary Supplement “This concise and lucidly written book is a very valuable new contribution to the studies of Roman imperial cult, political propaganda, and topography, and has the added benefit of discussing complex scholarly disputes in a manner that the non-specialist will probably follow with ease. . . . There is material in this volume that will be immensely useful to researchers in many areas: archaeology, history of architecture, iconography, history of religion, and Roman political propaganda, to name just a few. I strongly recommend it to scholars interested in any or all of the above topics.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review “Even though its focus is on only seven specimens of architecture, the book touches upon a broad array of aspects of Roman imperial culture. Elegantly written and generously illustrated . . . this book should be of great interest to the general public as well as to the scholarly community.” American Journal of Archaeology

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Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

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Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

By: Penelope J. E. Davies

Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome is the first book to explore the intersection between Roman Republican building practices and politics (c.509–44 BCE). At the start of the period, architectural commissions were carefully controlled by the political system; by the end, buildings were so widely exploited and so rhetorically powerful that Cassius Dio cited abuse of visual culture among the reasons that propelled Julius Caesar's colleagues to murder him in order to safeguard the Republic. In an engaging and wide-ranging text, Penelope J. E. Davies traces the journey between these two points, as politicians developed strategies to manoeuver within the system's constraints. She also explores the urban development and image of Rome, setting out formal aspects of different types of architecture and technological advances such as the mastery of concrete. Elucidating a rich corpus of buildings that have been poorly understand, Davies demonstrates that Republican architecture was much more than a formal precursor to that of imperial Rome.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108298648

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Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

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This book argues that Republican Rome and its component buildings were inextricably intertwined with government, which they perpetuated and challenged.

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Death and the Emperor

Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius

By: Penelope J. E. Davies

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Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius

By: Penelope J. E. Davies

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Death and the Emperor

Death and the Emperor

Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

Death and the Emperor

Death and the Emperor

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