Emperor of Rome
how the roman empire was ruled (30 bce to 476 ce)
$65.05
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
The Emperor of Rome: Power, Image, and Rule
When Theoderic the Great, an Ostrogothic king, entered Rome in 500, his actions mirrored those of a returning Emperor. This imitation of imperial power highlights the complex and multifaceted role of the Emperor, a position with a rich and evolving history. It wasn’t until Augustus’s death in 14 AD that Rome fully acknowledged the shift to a Principate, where a Princeps held power previously vested in the Senate.
Anthony Smart pres…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036120856 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036120856 |
| Author: | Anthony Smart |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Anthony Smart
Anthony Smart is an independent researcher based in the UK. A graduate of the University of York, he was previously Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History at York St. John University, UK. A specialist in the history of Rome, with a particular interest in the political manifestation of emotion in the late Republic and early Principate, he has published on Greek, Roman and Anglo-Saxon history. He is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, and the Higher Education representative for the Classical Association’s Ancient History Teaching Board. He is the author of Grief and Sorrow in the Roman World: Republic to Empire (Bloomsbury).
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