The ruler's house : contesting power and privacy in Julio-Claudian Rome / Harriet Fertik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fertik, Harriet, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.

Rome.

Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-284 A.D.

Rome (Empire).

Politics and government.

Emperors--Dwellings--Rome.

Emperors.

Privacy--Rome--History--To 1500.

Privacy.

Emperors--Rome--Social life and customs.

Politics and culture--Rome--History--To 1500.

Politics and culture.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 241 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Contesting power and privacy in Julio-Claudian Rome

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

Text in English, with some text in Latin.

Summary:

"The Julio-Claudian dynasty, lasting from 27 BC to AD 68, was the first Roman imperial dynasty. In The Ruler's House, Fertik considers the physical space the emperor called home and the effect it had upon his role as the leader of the Roman state. Fertik argues that the ruler's lack of privacy and his inability to act without public consequence was a central problem early in Roman reflections on monocracy."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Playing house : new families and new rulers in Lucan's Bellum Civile

Contest and control in the emperor's house

Where to see the emperor: Augustus and Nero in Rome

Exposing the ruler : Seneca on visibility and complicity

Interdependence and intimacy : power at home in Roman Pompeii

Bathing, dining, and digesting with the ruler

Conclusion : Privacy and security in Roman political thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781421432892

1421432897

OCLC:

1084633962

Publisher Number:

99982944597