Berkeley CA: University of California Press, Date: 1990. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Softcover, 224 pages. Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class. Rome in fact depended on aristocratic competition, since no professional bureaucracy directed public affairs and no salary was attached to any public office. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition appears to have been surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. Imperatores Victi examines one particularly striking case of such checks on competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a better-than-average chance of securing higher office upon their return from the field. Yet this study demonstrates that defeated generals were not barred from public office and in fact went on to win the Republic's most highly coveted and hotly contested offices in numbers virtually identical with those of their undefeated peers. Record # 379165 1990. University of California Press ISBN 0520069390 9780520069398 [US]

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ISBN10: 0520069390, ISBN13: 9780520069398, [publisher: Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; Oxford : University of California Press] Hardcover XII, 224 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Somewhat rubbed jacket, otherwise very good and clean. / Etwas beriebener Umschlag, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Introduction: The Problem of Limits on Aristocratic Competition -- 1. Military Failure, Political Success -- 2. Defeat and the Pax Deorum -- 3. Defeat and the Virtus Militum -- 4. The Aristocratic Ethos and the Preservation of Status -- 5. Conclusions and Implications. - Roman politics in the middle and late Republic were characterized by an intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office, prestige, and personal power. Given the pervasiveness and ferocity of such rivalry, one might expect that it would soon have undermined the cohesiveness of the ruling class or endangered the state. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition was surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. Imperatores Victi examines one particularly striking case of the limitation of aristocratic competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a much-better-than-average chance of securing higher office upon ...
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University of California Press 1990 Hard cover Very good in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Audience: General/trade. Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class. Rome in fact depended on aristocratic competition, since no professional bureaucracy directed public affairs and no salary was attached to any public office. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition appears to have been surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. Imperatores Victi examines one particularly striking case of such checks on competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a better-than-average chance of securing higher office upon their return from the field. Yet this study demonstrates that defeated generals were not barred from public office and in fact went on to win the Republic's most highly coveted and hotly contested offices in numbers virtually identical with those of their undefeated peers. Rosenstein explores how this unexpected limit to competition functions, reviewing beliefs about the religious origins of defeat, assumptions about common ...