Death and dynasty in early imperial Rome : key sources, with text, translation, and commentary / J. Bert Lott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lott, John Bert, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caesar, Lucius, 17 B.C.-2 A.D.

Caesar, Lucius.

Caesar, Gaius, 20 B.C.-4 A.D.

Caesar, Gaius.

Germanicus Caesar, 15 B.C.-19 A.D.

Germanicus Caesar.

Drusus Julius Caesar, 13 B.C.-23 A.D.

Drusus Julius Caesar.

Death--Political aspects--Rome.

Death.

Inscriptions, Latin--Rome.

Inscriptions, Latin.

Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

Rome.

Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 368 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Death & Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The founding of the Roman Principate was a time of great turmoil. This book brings together a set of important Latin inscriptions, including the recently discovered documents concerning the death of Germanicus and trial of Cn. Piso, in order to illustrate the developing sense of dynasty that underpinned the new monarchy of Augustus. Each inscription is supplied with its original text, a new English translation, and a full introduction and historical commentary that will be useful to students and scholars alike. The book also provides important technical help in understanding the production and interpretation of documents and inscriptions, thereby making it an excellent starting point for introducing students to Roman epigraphy.

Contents:

Cover; Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Abbreviations of included documents; General abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Historical background; Further reading; 1.2 Death and commemoration; Further reading; 1.3 Senate, council, decree, and law; Further reading; 1.4 Monuments; Further reading; 1.5 History and historiography; Further reading; 1.6 Epigraphy; Further reading; 1.7 The inscriptions; Gaius and Lucius Caesar; Pisan Decree for Lucius (DPL); Pisan Decree for Gaius (DPG)

Location, editions, and bibliographyGermanicus Caesar; Tabula Siarensis (TS); Tabula Hebana (TH); Location, editions, and bibliography; Addendum to TH: The Todi fragment; CIL 6.31199; Copy A of the Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre (SCPP); Location, editions, and bibliography; Drusus Caesar; CIL 6.31200 (a, b, c); Location, editions, and bibliography; Tabula Ilicitana (TI); Location, editions, and bibliography; 2 Texts and translations; Note on the texts and translations; Conventions used in the edited texts

2.1 Decree of the town council of Pisa concerning commemorative honors for Lucius Caesar (DPL)Diplomatic Text; Edited Text; I. Prescript (1-4); II. Relatio (5-8); III. Body (9-37); III.M A decree from Rome (9-12); III.1 An altar for Lucius' manes (13-15); III.2 Rites at the altar (16-26); III.3 The altar precinct (27-31); III.4 Acts of the Roman senate (31-33); III.5 An embassy to Augustus (33-37); 2.2 Decree of the town council of Pisa concerning commemorative honors for Gaius Caesar (DPG); Diplomatic text; Edited text; I. Prescript (38-42); II. Relatio (43-44)

III. Body of informal decree (45-85)III.M1 Gaius' res gestae (44-52); III.M2 Continued mourning for Lucius (52-55); III.T Transition (55-57); III.1 A period of mourning (57-62); III.2 Married women (62); III.3 Regulations concerning February 21 (63-68); III.4 Rites for Gaius' manes (69-71); III.5 An arch (72-75); III.6 Formal enactment (76-80); III.7 An informal embassy to Augustus (80-85); IV. Update (86-89); V. Body of formal decree (89-97); V.1 Compliance with the informal decree (89-94); V.2 The archives (94-97); VI. Closing (97)

2.3 Decree and law concerning commemorative honors for Germanicus Caesar preserved on the Tabula Siarensis (TS: SCGC and LVA)Diplomatic Text; Edited Text; Tabula Siarensis, frag. (a) (98-135); TS: SCGC; I. Prescript (missing); II. Relatio (98-105); III. Body (106-179); III.1 An arch at Rome (106-118); III.2 An arch in Syria (119-123); III.3 An arch in Germany (123-131); Tabula Siarensis, frag. (b) col. 1; III.4 Monuments at Antioch and Daphne (132-135); III.5 Regulations for October 10 (136-146); III.6 Movement of the Augustal Games (146-149); Tabula Siarensis, frag. (b) col. 2

III.7 Unknown directive (150-154)

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-08906-1

1-139-56398-X

1-283-61077-9

1-139-04656-X

9786613923226

1-139-55039-X

1-139-55535-9

1-139-54914-6

1-139-55410-7

1-139-55164-7

OCLC:

811502336