Augustus the Machiavellian Prince: Pareto’s Theory of Elites and the Changing Models of Honor Acquisition and Conflict Resolution in the Early Roman Empire
Journal: eScholarship (California Digital Library)
Year: 2018

My dissertation employs a range of interdisciplinary methods to produce a diachronic narrative of the evolving modes of honor acquisition and conflict resolution by the ruling elites of the Roman Republic and the Early Empire. Traditionally, prominent Romans laid claim to political power by displaying “aggressive courage” in battle and then advertising their real or carefully constructed martial achievements to petition the Senate for a triumph. Celebrating a triumph provided extraordinary means