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Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Softcover, 224 pages. Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class. Rome in fact depended on aristocratic competition, since no professional bureaucracy directed public affairs and no salary was attached to any public office. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition appears to have been surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. Imperatores Victi examines one particularly striking case of such checks on competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a better-than-average chance of securing higher…
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- Title Imperatores Victi: Military Defeat and Aristocractic Competition in the Middle and Late Republic
- Author Nathan S. Rosenstein
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9780520069398 / 0520069390
- Library of Congress subjects Rome - Politics and government - 265-30 B.C, Imperator (Roman title) - Political activity
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89020653
- Dewey Decimal Code 321.140
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University of California Press. 1990. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Audience: General/trade. . Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class. Rome in fact depended on aristocratic competition, since no professional bureaucracy directed public affairs and no salary was attached to any public office. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition appears to have been surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. Imperatores Victi examines one particularly striking case of such checks on competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a…
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