Ushering in a new Republic : theologies of arrival at Rome in the first century BCE

1. Verfasser: Luke, Trevor S.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2014.
Umfang/Format: xii, 328 pages.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Performance, political theology, and arrival
  • The Sullan republic
  • The theology of departure and arrival in Sulla's memoir
  • Pompey's Recognitio equitum
  • Cicero's epic and civic theologies of departure and return
  • The Civil War
  • Julius Caesar as Rex : the Ovatio of January 44
  • Octavian's return in 36 : achieving his father's honors
  • The Res Gestae and the advent of the Princeps
  • The Res Gestae as divine relic
  • Theologies of arrival in the Res Gestae
  • Augustus as the new Numa
  • Conclusion: Apotheosis and succession.