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portada Security in Roman Times: Rome, Italy and the Emperors
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English
Pages
314
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781472460158
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Security in Roman Times: Rome, Italy and the Emperors

Ricci, Cecilia (Author) · Routledge · Hardcover

Security in Roman Times: Rome, Italy and the Emperors - Ricci, Cecilia

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Synopsis "Security in Roman Times: Rome, Italy and the Emperors"

Using literary, epigraphic, numismatic and iconographic sources this book investigates the safety devices that were in place for the protection of the emperor and the city of Rome in the imperial age. In the aftermath of the civil wars Augustus continued to provide for his physical safety in the same way as in the old Republic while, at the same time, overturning the taboo of armed men in the city. During the Augustan age, the division of the city into 14 regions and 265 vici was designed to establish control over the urban space. Augustus' successors consolidated his policy but the specific roles of the various military or paramilitary forces remain a matter for debate. Drawing on the testimony of ancient authors such as Tacitus and Suetonius and on material evidence, the volume examines both the circumstances in which these forces intervened and the strategies that they adopted. It also examines the pre-Augustan, Augustan and post-Augustan sense of 'securitas', both as a philosophical and a political concept. The final section expands the focus from the city of Rome to the Italian peninsula where the security of the emperor as he travelled to his country residences required advance planning and implementation.

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