This book offers a large scale reassessment of the function of
Roman emperor over three centuries (from Augustus to Constantine)
and of the social realities of this exercise of power.
Concentrating on the patterns of communication between the emperor
and his subjects, the author shows that such communications were
normally initiated by the subjects - whether grouped in cities or
other associations, or individually and that the emperor fulfilled
his role primarily by making responses to them or giving decisions
or verdicts between them.The book casts new light on a number of
detailed historical questions such as the sources of the emperor's
wealth and the ways he spent it; the imperial residences and the
mobility of the court; and the relatively small and simple
entourage that the emperor needed to perform his functions. But
above all, it emphasizes two major historical themes: the steady
detachment of the emperor from the republican institutions of the
city of Rome; and the way in which relations between Emperor and
Church were shaped by the emperor's long-standing relations with
cities, temples and associations in the pagan world.Drawing on a
wide range of evidence, from literature and legal writings to
inscriptions and papyri, the main text can be read without any
knowledge o f Latin or Greek.
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