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Cover 1 Pax and the Politics of Peace: Republic to Principate 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Preface 8 Contents 10 List of Figures and Table 12 List of Abbreviations 14 Introduction: Roman Imperialism and the Meaning of Peace 16 1: The Meaning of Pax 26 Perceptions of Peace 30 Pax in the Landscape of the Republic 38 The Visual Language of Pax 49 The Development of Pax 56 2: Peace in Civil War 58 Shifts in Political Language 63 Visions and Versions of Pax 68 Possibilities of Negotiating Peace 72 Debates on the Meaning of Pax 80 The Victory of Peace 91 3: Peace over Land and Sea 96 The Rhetoric of Terra Marique and Orbis Terrarum 102 The Sicilian Prelude 105 The Commemorations of 29 bc 112 A City of Victory and Peace over Land and Sea 121 4: Peace in the New Age of Augustus 136 The Year of `Returns ́ 140 Mars Ultor 145 The Parthian Arch 147 The Arch and the Aedes Vestae 154 The Perpetuation of Peace 157 5: The Pax Augusta 170 The Altar of Augustan Peace 174 Archaeological Remains and Location 175 The Meaning(s) of the Ara Pacis Augustae 178 Pax Augusta and Roma Victrix 183 Rome ́s Past and the Pax Deorum 188 Religion, Statecraft, and the Pax Augusta 192 Dedications to Augustan Peace outs
- Author
- Hannah Cornwell;
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN