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This book explores the diachronic development of the ideological
content of Pompey and Caesar's monuments in Rome, emphasising the
importance of the late Republican period as a precursor to imperial
propaganda through architecture. In the final years of the Roman
Republic, individuals such as Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar
exploited the communicative power of architecture. The former
promoted the first and largest stone theatre in Rome; the latter
started comprehensive town-planning projects that arguably verged
on the utopian. Yet the study of the politics expressed by these
monuments and how complex late Republican politics shaped the
monuments themselves has attracted less attention than that of
subsequent imperial architecture. Zampieri addresses this
imbalance, exploring the ideological meaning of late Republican
monuments and highlighting that monuments were fluid, adaptable
entities, even in the lifespan of a single individual. Accompanied
by detailed maps and images, this volume shows how late Republican
architecture should be considered an important source for
understanding politics of this period. Politics in the Monuments of
Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar will be of use to anyone working
on the politics and social world of the late Roman Republic, and on
Roman architecture and patronage.
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