This volume focuses on the interface between tradition and the shifting configuration of power structures in the Roman Empire. By examining various time periods

The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC – AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Me

Political image-making—especially from the Age of Augustus, when the Roman Republic evolved into a system capable of governing a vast, culturally diverse empi

A bold and original examination of the relationships between ethnicity and political power in the ancient world.

This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.