
Caesar Rules
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'Hekster's magisterial survey of Roman emperorship puts the subject on a new footing. Drawing on a wide range of literary, documentary, and visual evidence, it provides a rich and three-dimensional account of emperors in action and in the imagination. It will be of interest not only to Roman historians, but to all students of premodern rulership.' Carlos Norena, Associate Professor of Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley 'The emperor was the single most unifying concept in the political imagination of a population of incredible cultural, ethnic and linguistic plurality. Furthermore, communicating the centrality of the emperor to this audience required being attentive to an historical landscape that changed dramatically over centuries. Hekster's new book approaches this important issue with intelligence and circumspection, noting the overdue need for a return to traditional political history, while engaging with the fruitful models of cultural and literary history. As a result, Caesar Rules is a sensitive study that will be of interest to historians, classicists and students of political science for many years to come.' Shane Bjornlie, Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College 'Pleasingly iconoclastic ... this is not just another tired study of the gap between representation and reality in ancient rulership. Working pragmatically with a wide range of sources, Hekster demonstrates how consistent imperial roles and attributes remained over 600 years of Roman history, however variously they were inflected.' Michael Kulikowski, Times Literary Supplement '... Hekster does an admirable job of covering a truly impressive range in almost every aspect of his subject matter, from the materials consulted to the topics considered. As this volume demonstrates, the most powerful office in the ancient world was also its most ambiguous, its holder capable of both appearing and behaving in utterly different ways to different constituencies at different moments in imperial history.' Kevin Feeney, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This excellent study of these 'men for all seasons' is highly recommendable! It offers a very beautiful synthesis of a changing world...' Stephane Benoist, Sehepunkte 'An excellent book on a fascinating subject. ... Recommended.' M. W. Handis, CHOICE 'The wealth of material that [the author] adduces throughout the book to argue his points allows readers to delve more deeply into images and debates, whilst also allowing them to keep the main goal of the emperor's multiplicity in focus - no mean feat.' Panayiotis Christoforou, Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political ThoughtMore details
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