{"product_id":"space-geography-and-politics-in-claude-nicolet-9780472036233","title":"Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire","description":"Drawing on unexpected texts both ancient and modern, \u003ci\u003eSpace, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e offers startling insights into the character of Rome and its \u003ci\u003eprinceps\u003c\/i\u003e-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 \u003ci\u003eagrimensores\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eprinceps \u003c\/i\u003eas \u003ci\u003eprimus inter pares\u003c\/i\u003e, first among equals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claude Nicolet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472036238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472036233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Claude Nicolet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980970230015,"sku":"9780472036233","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91eb4ef5-465c-4875-9a56-fff6e4337af5.jpg?v=1683252950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/space-geography-and-politics-in-claude-nicolet-9780472036233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}