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Ushering in a New Republic: Theologies of Arrival at Rome in the First Century BCE
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Hardcover. Exploring the theological framing of Republican leaders arrivals in Rome" Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
The ancient Romans are well known for their love of the pageantry of power. No single ceremony better attests to this characteristic than the triumph, which celebrated the victory of a Roman commander through a grand ceremonial entrance into the city that ended in rites performed to Rome’s chief tutelary deity, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Capitoline hill. The triumph, however, was only one form of ceremonial arrival at the city, and Jupiter was not the only god to whom vows were made and subsequently fulfilled at the end of a successful assignment. Ushering in a New Republic expands our ... Read more
The ancient Romans are well known for their love of the pageantry of power. No single ceremony better attests to this characteristic than the triumph, which celebrated the victory of a Roman commander through a grand ceremonial entrance into the city that ended in rites performed to Rome’s chief tutelary deity, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Capitoline hill. The triumph, however, was only one form of ceremonial arrival at the city, and Jupiter was not the only god to whom vows were made and subsequently fulfilled at the end of a successful assignment. Ushering in a New Republic expands our ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472072224
SKU
V9780472072224
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About Unknown
Trevor S. Luke is Assistant Professor of Classics at Florida State University, USA.
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