Crossing the pomerium : the boundaries of political, religious, and military institutions from Caesa...
Crossing the pomerium : the boundaries of political, religious, and military institutions from Caesa...
Crossing the pomerium : the boundaries of political, religious, and military institutions from Caesar to Constantine / Michael Koortbojian.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/0800 , GQ 2021/0052
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English
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Physical content
xix, 228 pages ; 27 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Antiquarian reconstructions and living realities -- Crossing the pomerium : the armed ruler at Rome -- Octavian's Imperium Auspiciumque in 43 BC and their late Republican context -- Roman sacrifice and the ritus militaris -- Constantine's arch and his military image at Rome.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2020]
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"The Romans' early establishment of the sanctity of their city and the desire to protect it -- from not only the ravages of military conflict beyond its confines but the dangers of authoritarian rule at home -- took a variety of forms, legal, political, and military. These were codified in social practices, and thus established behaviors and ritual...
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Crossing the pomerium : the boundaries of political, religious, and military institutions from Caesar to Constantine / Michael Koortbojian.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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G 2020/0800 , GQ 2021/0052
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74VKaZrjPkyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZrjPkyM
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ISBN
069119503X hardcover
9780691195032 hardcover
DDC
937.07
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991024291410802626
