Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea

In his reorganization of the State, Augustus restored the patrimony of values on which the senatorial aristocracy had founded its power in the res publica and he especially ensured the family’s central role. For this purpose he identified behavior exempla in the past of Rome and in his own domus ...

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Main Author: Rohr Vio, Francesca
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Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2021-06-01
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2021/01/007
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description In his reorganization of the State, Augustus restored the patrimony of values on which the senatorial aristocracy had founded its power in the res publica and he especially ensured the family’s central role. For this purpose he identified behavior exempla in the past of Rome and in his own domus and promoted a series of laws to regulate the public and private life of citizens. His aim was to affect morality and birthrate, but also to create a new ruling class: the homines novi would integrate with the ancient aristocracy through marriages and common descendants and this new senatorial class would operate according to the guidelines that had guided the leaders of the history of Rome.
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spelling doaj.art-f0691ddbaed2498ca185c60c1d3441cd2023-11-24T09:11:29ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariLexis2724-15642021-06-0139110.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2021/01/007journal_article_3591Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augusteaRohr Vio, Francesca0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia In his reorganization of the State, Augustus restored the patrimony of values on which the senatorial aristocracy had founded its power in the res publica and he especially ensured the family’s central role. For this purpose he identified behavior exempla in the past of Rome and in his own domus and promoted a series of laws to regulate the public and private life of citizens. His aim was to affect morality and birthrate, but also to create a new ruling class: the homines novi would integrate with the ancient aristocracy through marriages and common descendants and this new senatorial class would operate according to the guidelines that had guided the leaders of the history of Rome. http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2021/01/007Augustus. Exempla. Leges Iuliae. Mos maiorum. Roman aristocracy
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Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
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Augustus. Exempla. Leges Iuliae. Mos maiorum. Roman aristocracy
title Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
title_full Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
title_fullStr Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
title_full_unstemmed Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
title_short Costruire una nuova aristocrazia: gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
title_sort costruire una nuova aristocrazia gli antiqui mores al servizio della politica augustea
topic Augustus. Exempla. Leges Iuliae. Mos maiorum. Roman aristocracy
url http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2021/01/007
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