This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the
genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first
emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him
to adhere to legitimate' and traditional' forms of
self-presentation. Lobur explores how these notions become
explicated and reconfigured by the upper and mostly non-political
classes of Italy and Rome. The chronic turmoil experienced in the
late republic shaped the values and program of the imperial system;
it molded the comprehensive and authoritative accounts of Roman
tradition and history in a way that allowed the system to appear
both traditional and historical. This book also examines how shifts
in rhetorical and historiographical practices facilitated the
spreading and assimilation of shared ideas that allowed the empire
to cohere.
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