Remembering the Roman Republic : Culture, Politics and History under the Principate

Omtale

The Roman Principate was defined by a paradox - it advertised continuity with the past even as the emperor's monarchical power replaced Republican traditions of government. This study traces a series of six crucial moments, in the period from the fall of Nero to the height of Trajan's power, in which the memory of the Republic intruded upon Roman public discourse.