Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780472036233)

Drawing on unexpected texts both ancient and modern, Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire offers startling insights into the character of Rome and its princeps-turned-emperor, Augustus. Claude Nicolet documents Roman expansion at the start of the early imperial period and explores how Romans came to map the world they knew and conquered. The roles of both the agrimensores, who worked in the state's interest observing and recording new territories, and M. Vipsanius Agrippa, the sometime son-in-law of Emperor Augustus, are considered. Nicolet also presents the integral relations between territorial expansion and political expansion, as well as between propaganda cultivated in the national interest and propaganda designed to secure the status of the princeps as primus inter pares, first among equals.

Author: Claude Nicolet
ISBN-10: 0472036238
ISBN-13: 9780472036233
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2015
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d