1st Edition

Politics in the Monuments of Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar

By Eleonora Zampieri Copyright 2023
230 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction; 1. The Protagonists and Their Ideas; 2. The Rising Sun: Pompey’s Monuments and His Three Triumphs; 3. Pacata Gallia? Caesar keeps an eye on Rome; 4. After the war, a new Rome; 5. The building affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar; 6. Conclusions: Let the City Speak; Appendix A: Maps; Appendix B: Chronology Table.

Biography

Eleonora Zampieri is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in Roman History at the Department of Historical, Geographical and Antiquity Studies of the University of Padua (Italy). Her research interests focus on Roman late Republican politics, elections, and institutions, as well as on provincial governance during the Roman Republic.

'A comprehensive, thought-provoking, and innovative account of the competition between Pompey and Caesar in the sphere of monumental building.' - Tom Stevenson, University of Queensland, Australia