Remembering the Roman republic
Subtitle: culture, politics and history under the Principate
By: Andrew B. Gallia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781107012608
Subjects: Political culture; History; Republicanism
Description: "This study examines the fault lines exposed in Roman culture by attempts to reconcile the monarchical Principate with Republican traditions"--Provided by publisher.

"The Roman Principate was defined by its embrace of a central paradox - the ruling order strenuously advertised continuity with the past, even as the emperor's monarchical power represented a fundamental breach with the traditions of the "free" Republic it had replaced. Drawing on the evidence of coins, public monuments, and literary texts ranging from Tacitus and Pliny the Younger to Frontinus and Silius Italicus, this study traces a series of six crucial moments in which the memory of the Republic intruded upon Roman public discourse in the period from the fall of Nero to the height of Trajan's power. During these years, remembering the Republic was anything but a remote and antiquarian undertaking. It was instead a vital cultural process, through which emperors and their subjects attempted to navigate many of the fault lines that ran through Roman Imperial culture"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Freedom; title: 2. Rebuilding; title: 3. Control; title: 4. Persuasion; title: 5. Inscription; title: 6. Restoration; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: Pliny's letter to Minicianus (Ep. 4.11); title: Appendix B: Republican Denarii restored by Trajan.