Imperatores Victi


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Imperatores Victi


Imperatores Victi
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Author : Nathan S. Rosenstein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10

Imperatores Victi written by Nathan S. Rosenstein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with History categories.


Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class. Rome in fact depended on aristocratic competition, since no professional bureaucracy directed public affairs and no salary was attached to any public office. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition appears to have been surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. Imperatores Victi examines one particularly striking case of such checks on competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a better-than-average chance of securing higher office upon their return from the field. Yet this study demonstrates that defeated generals were not barred from public office and in fact went on to win the Republic's most highly coveted and hotly contested offices in numbers virtually identical with those of their undefeated peers. Rosenstein explores how this unexpected limit to competition functions, reviewing beliefs about the religious origins of defeat, assumptions about common soldiers' duties in battle, and definitions of honorable behavior of an aristocrat during a crisis. These perspectives were instrumental in shifting the onus of failure away from a general's person and in offering positive strategies a general might use to win glory and respect even in defeat and to silence potential critics among a failed general's peers. Such limits to competition had an impact on the larger problems of stability and coherence in the Republic and its political elite; these larger problems are discussed in the concluding chapter. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.



Imperatores Victi


Imperatores Victi
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Author : Nathan S. Rosenstein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01

Imperatores Victi written by Nathan S. Rosenstein and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with History categories.


"A piece of work erudite and inspiring . . . for it abandons the well-trodden path and ventures into the difficult territory of Roman religion and its turbulent intersection with Roman politics. It is astounding that nobody has ever treated this subject systematically and in detail."--Jerzy Linderski, University of North Carolina



Imperatores Victi Military Defeat And Aristocratic Competition In The Middle And Late Republic


Imperatores Victi Military Defeat And Aristocratic Competition In The Middle And Late Republic
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Author : Nathan Samuel Rosenstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Imperatores Victi Military Defeat And Aristocratic Competition In The Middle And Late Republic written by Nathan Samuel Rosenstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Imperator (Roman title) categories.




Rome At War


Rome At War
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Author : Nathan Rosenstein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2005-12-15

Rome At War written by Nathan Rosenstein and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-15 with History categories.


Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring about the demise of Italy's small farms and that the misery of impoverished citizens then became fuel for the social and political conflagrations of the late republic. Nathan Rosenstein challenges this claim, showing how Rome reconciled the needs of war and agriculture throughout the middle republic. The key, Rosenstein argues, lies in recognizing the critical role of family formation. By analyzing models of families' needs for agricultural labor over their life cycles, he shows that families often had a surplus of manpower to meet the demands of military conscription. Did, then, Roman imperialism play any role in the social crisis of the later second century B.C.? Rosenstein argues that Roman warfare had critical demographic consequences that have gone unrecognized by previous historians: heavy military mortality paradoxically helped sustain a dramatic increase in the birthrate, ultimately leading to overpopulation and landlessness.



The Cavalry Of The Roman Republic


The Cavalry Of The Roman Republic
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Author : Jeremiah B. McCall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-29

The Cavalry Of The Roman Republic written by Jeremiah B. McCall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-29 with History categories.


In this original and revealing work, Jeremiah B. McCall challenges the generally accepted view of the Roman cavalry and explores the fundamental connections between war and society in republican Rome, c.300-100 BC. McCall describes the citizen cavalry's equipment, tactics, and motivation in battle, and argues for its effectiveness in the field. This success is proof that it cannot finally have been disbanded for purely military reasons; he shows that victories in the law-courts, and lavish displays of wealth, came to supersede cavalry service as a way of building the reputations of the Roman elite. The clear structure and fresh approach of the book, combining insights from both Roman military and social history, will be useful to readers at all levels of study.



Servilia And Her Family


Servilia And Her Family
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Author : Susan Treggiari
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-03

Servilia And Her Family written by Susan Treggiari and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-03 with History categories.


Servilia is often cited as one of the most influential women of the late Roman Republic. Though she was a high-born patrician, her grandfather died disgraced and her controversial father was killed before he could stand for the consulship; she herself married twice, but both husbands were mediocre. Nevertheless, her position in the ruling class still afforded her significant social and political power, and it is likely that she masterminded the distinguished marriages of her one son, Brutus, and her three daughters. During her second marriage she began an affair with Iulius Caesar, which probably lasted for the rest of his life and is further indicative of the force of her charm and her exceptional intelligence. The patchiness of the sources means that a full biography is impossible, though in suggesting connections between the available evidence and the speculative possibilities open to women of Servilia's status this volume aims to offer an insightful reconstruction of her life and position both as a member of the senatorial nobility and within her extended and nuclear family. The best attested period of Servilia's life, for which the chief source is Cicero's letters, follows the murder of Caesar by her son and her son-in-law, Cassius, who were leaders among the crowd of conspirators in the Senate House on the Ides of March in 44 BC. We find her energetically working to protect the assassins' interests, also defending her grandchildren by the Caesarian Lepidus when he was declared a public enemy and his property threatened with confiscation. Exploring the role she played during these turbulent years of the late Republic reveals much about the ways in which Romans of both sexes exerted influence and sought to control outcomes, as well as about the place of women in high society, allowing us to conclude that Servilia wielded her social and political power effectively, though with discretion and within conventional limits.



Caesar In Gaul And Rome


Caesar In Gaul And Rome
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Author : Andrew M. Riggsby
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01

Caesar In Gaul And Rome written by Andrew M. Riggsby and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.


A fresh interpretation of Caesar’s The Gallic War that focuses on Caesar’s construction of national identity and his self-presentation. Anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with Latin knows “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres” (“All Gaul is divided into three parts”), the opening line of De Bello Gallico, Julius Caesar’s famous commentary on his campaigns against the Gauls in the 50s BC. But what did Caesar intend to accomplish by writing and publishing his commentaries, how did he go about it, and what potentially unforeseen consequences did his writing have? These are the questions that Andrew Riggsby pursues in this fresh interpretation of one of the masterworks of Latin prose. Riggsby uses contemporary literary methods to examine the historical impact that the commentaries had on the Roman reading public. In the first part of his study, Riggsby considers how Caesar defined Roman identity and its relationship to non-Roman others. He shows how Caesar opens up a possible vision of the political future in which the distinction between Roman and non-Roman becomes less important because of their joint submission to a Caesar-like leader. In the second part, Riggsby analyzes Caesar’s political self-fashioning and the potential effects of his writing and publishing The Gallic War. He reveals how Caesar presents himself as a subtly new kind of Roman general who deserves credit not only for his own virtues, but for those of his soldiers as well. Riggsby uses case studies of key topics (spatial representation, ethnography, virtus and technology, genre, and the just war), augmented by more synthetic discussions that bring in evidence from other Roman and Greek texts, to offer a broad picture of the themes of national identity and Caesar’s self-presentation. Winner of the 2006 AAP/PSP Award for Excellence, Classics and Ancient History



Trade And Taboo


Trade And Taboo
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Author : Sarah Bond
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2016-10-25

Trade And Taboo written by Sarah Bond and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-25 with History categories.


Applies new methodological approaches to the study of ancient history



The Oxford Handbook Of Warfare In The Classical World


The Oxford Handbook Of Warfare In The Classical World
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Author : Brian Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07

The Oxford Handbook Of Warfare In The Classical World written by Brian Campbell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07 with History categories.


"Offers six exemplary case studies of Greeks and Romans at war, thoroughly illustrated with detailed battle maps and photographs"--Provided by publisher.



Magistracy And The Historiography Of The Roman Republic


Magistracy And The Historiography Of The Roman Republic
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Author : Ayelet Haimson Lushkov
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-02-09

Magistracy And The Historiography Of The Roman Republic written by Ayelet Haimson Lushkov and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-09 with History categories.


An innovative, literary approach to historical accounts of politics, this book reveals the wide-ranging significance of Roman republican magistracy.