Leading Rome from a Distance, 300 BCE-37 CE: Asserting Autocracy through Absence

by Ralph Lange

Roman political leaders used distance from Rome as a key political tool to assert pre-eminence.

Through the case studies of Caesar's hegemony, Augustus's autocracy, and Tiberius's reign, this book examines how these figures' experiences and manipulations of absence established a multipolar focus of political life centred less on the city of Rome, and more on the idea of a single leader.

The Roman expansion over Italy and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350325406
• ISBN13: 9781350325401
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"