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Spectacular power in the Greek and Roman city [electronic resource]

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Andrew Bell's analysis of the power of prestige in civic communities of the ancient world demonstrates the importance of crowds' aesthetic and emotional judgement upon leaders and their ambitious claims for immediate and lasting significance; and also finds consideration of this dynamic still to be valuable for modern citizens. An initial discussion of the fall of Ceausescu in 1989 prompts theoretical considerations about the inseparability of authority and its manifestation; andscrutiny of Julius Caesar's gestures towards self-definition introduces the complexity of ancient political relation

Title Spectacular power in the Greek and Roman city [electronic resource] / Andrew Bell.
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2004
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-279) and index.
English
Content Contents
1 Looking at the Powerful
2 Looking at Caesar
3 The Affections of the Athenians
4 Kings and Elephants
5 Elephants and Citizens
6 Ciceronian Consensus
Afterword
References
Index
Extent 1 online resource (298 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710710605171
MARC RECORDS
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