Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome
AD 270-535
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 October 2019
- ISBN 9780198835073
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 246x161x27 mm
- Weight 696 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 23 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps 20
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Short description:
Between 270 and 535 AD the city of Rome underwent a dramatic transformation, from an imperial capital into the centre of western Christendom. This volume focuses on the city's senatorial elite to provide a uniquely comprehensive view of the period, arguing that its transformation was the result of a process of great political and cultural dynamism.
MoreLong description:
Between 270 and 535 AD the city of Rome experienced dramatic changes. The once glorious imperial capital was transformed into the much humbler centre of western Christendom in a process that redefined its political importance, size, and identity. Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome examines these transformations by focusing on the city's powerful elite, the senatorial aristocracy, and exploring their involvement in a process of urban change that would mark the end of the ancient world and the birth of the Middle Ages in the eyes of contemporaries and modern scholars. It argues that the late antique history of Rome cannot be described as merely a product of decline; instead, it was a product of the dynamic social and cultural forces that made the city relevant at a time of unprecedented historical changes. Combining the city's unique literary, epigraphic, and archaeological record, the volume offers a detailed examination of aspects of city life as diverse as its administration, public building, rituals, housing, and religious life to show how the late Roman aristocracy gave a new shape and meaning to urban space, identifying itself with the largest city in the Mediterranean world to an extent unparalleled since the end of the Republican period.
... in bringing a wide range of sources to bear on the theme of urban space and aristocratic power, M. has crafted a valuable new resource for scholars of late antique Rome in particular and for those studying late antique urbanism more generally.
Table of Contents:
Prelims
List of Figures and Maps
List of Abbreviations and Editions Used
Introduction
Part 1: The Definition of Urban Space
Aristocrats, Imperial Institutions, and the Topography of Power
Building Late Antique Rome
Part 2: The Uses of Space
From Imperial Symbol to Senatorial Centre: The Roman Forum
Festivals, Ceremonies, and the Commemoration of Power
The Redefinition of Religious Life
Part 3: Domestic Spaces and the Privatization of Power
Senatorial Houses as Centres of Power
Aristocratic Power and Politics in the Domestic Sphere
Conclusion
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index
