Triumphs in the Age of Civil War: The Late Republic and the Adaptability of Triumphal Tradition

by Carsten Hjort Lange

Book Overview

Many of the wars of the Late Republic were largely civil conflicts. There was, therefore, a tension between the traditional expectation that triumphs should be celebrated for victories over foreign enemies and the need of the great commanders to give full expression to their prestige and charisma, and to legitimize their power.

Triumphs in the Age of Civil War rethinks the nature and the character of the phenomenon of civil war during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350060577
• ISBN13: 9781350060579
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"