theologies of arrival at Rome in the first century BCE /
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Trevor S. Luke.
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Ann Arbor :
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The University of Michigan Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014.
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1 online resource (xii, 328 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-317) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Performance, political theology, and arrival -- The Sullan republic -- The theology of departure and arrival in Sulla's memoir -- Pompey's Recognitio equitum -- Cicero's epic and civic theologies of departure and return -- The Civil War -- Julius Caesar as Rex : the Ovatio of January 44 -- Octavian's return in 36 : achieving his father's honors -- The Res Gestae and the advent of the Princeps -- The Res Gestae as divine relic -- Theologies of arrival in the Res Gestae -- Augustus as the new Numa -- Conclusion: Apotheosis and succession.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Exploring the theological framing of Republican leaders' arrivals in Rome.