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Power Couples in Antiquity - Transversal Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Power Couples in Antiquity - Transversal Perspectives (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
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Everyone can name a couple made up of famous, rich, or powerful
partners, who cultivate a joint media image which is stronger than
either of their individual identities. Since the 1980s they have
been known as "power couples". Yet while the term is recent, the
concept is not. More than 2,000 years ago, Greeks and Romans became
aware of the media potential of couples and used it as an
instrument to reinforce political power. Notable examples are
Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, or
the Emperor Augustus and his wife Livia. Power Couples in Antiquity
brings together the reflections of ten specialists on Greek and
Roman power couples from the fourth century BCE to the first
century CE. It is focused on the birth and the development of the
"ruling couple" in the Hellenistic Greek kingdoms and in Rome
between the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire. By
taking some emblematic cases, this book analyses the redistribution
of public and private roles within these couples, examines the
sentimental bonds or the relations of domination established
between partners, explores how these relationships played out in
private, and highlights the many common points between ancient and
contemporary power couples. This book offers a fascinating insight
into power dynamics in the ancient world, exploring not only the
subtleties within these often complex relationships, but also their
relationships with their subjects through the cultivation and
manipulation of their joint public image.
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