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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.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781421432908 (electronic bk.)
- 1421432900 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99991782681
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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