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Ushering in a new Republic : theologies of arrival at Rome in the first century BCE / Trevor S. Luke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History Supplement.Publisher: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472120383
  • 0472120387
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ushering in a new RepublicDDC classification:
  • 937/.05 23
LOC classification:
  • DG254.2
Other classification:
  • 15.52
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Contents:
Introduction: Performance, political theology, and arrival -- The Sullan republic -- The theology of departure and arrival in Sulla's memoir -- Pompey's Recognitio equitum -- Cicero's epic and civic theologies of departure and return -- The Civil War -- Julius Caesar as Rex : the Ovatio of January 44 -- Octavian's return in 36 : achieving his father's honors -- The Res Gestae and the advent of the Princeps -- The Res Gestae as divine relic -- Theologies of arrival in the Res Gestae -- Augustus as the new Numa -- Conclusion: Apotheosis and succession.
Summary: Exploring the theological framing of Republican leaders' arrivals in Rome.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-317) and index.

Introduction: Performance, political theology, and arrival -- The Sullan republic -- The theology of departure and arrival in Sulla's memoir -- Pompey's Recognitio equitum -- Cicero's epic and civic theologies of departure and return -- The Civil War -- Julius Caesar as Rex : the Ovatio of January 44 -- Octavian's return in 36 : achieving his father's honors -- The Res Gestae and the advent of the Princeps -- The Res Gestae as divine relic -- Theologies of arrival in the Res Gestae -- Augustus as the new Numa -- Conclusion: Apotheosis and succession.

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Exploring the theological framing of Republican leaders' arrivals in Rome.

English.

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