Geoffrey S Sumi

Dados Biográficos

ID4587676
NOMEGeoffrey S Sumi
PRENOMESGeoffrey S
SOBRENOMESumi
ASSINATURASUMI G S
AFILIAÇÕESMount Holyoke College
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES15
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2005
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2021
ÍNDICE H2

  • Spectatorship, Control, and Collective Groups

    Geoffrey S SumiCHAPTEROxford Handbook Sport and…2021

    It is axiomatic that the Roman emperor attempted to control the city populace through an ideology of ‘bread and circuses’ (free grain and public entertainment). Yet a riot during a food crisis in 189 ce, which began in the circus and spread to the streets, shows that spectators could be the agents of political interaction at public spectacles rather than merely passive participants, that public spectacles could be organizing events for the non-el…

  • Ludi

    Open AccessGeoffrey S SumiCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2015

    Ludi , public games, produced in Rome as part of a religious festival, provided entertainment for the Roman people in the circus or in the theater (chariot racing and stage performances). Although the precise origins of such games are uncertain, the games themselves were a necessary part of Roman political culture even when that culture changed from Republic to monarchy: they allowed a space for the interaction between rulers and the ruled. By th…

  • ANDREW B. Gallia. Remembering the Roman Republic

    Geoffrey S SumiARTICLEThe American Historical Review2013

    This monograph is a comprehensive analysis of the persistence of the memory of the Roman Republic in the principate, focusing on the period between the end of Nero's reign and Trajan's rule (68–117 a.d.). Andrew B. Gallia has chosen this relatively narrow period for its “central place in the institutionalization of the power of the emperors,” as well as for the wealth and variety of evidence available for analysis—archaeological, textual (both pr…

  • Ceremony and the Emergence of Court Society in the Augustan Principate

    Geoffrey Sumi, Geoffrey S SumiARTICLEThe American Journal of Philology2011Citada por: 1Referências: 14

    Court ceremony in the Augustan Principate served to ease the underlying tension that existed between the new form of government and Republican tradition by creating a place for consuls and ex-consuls in the imperial court. In particular, Augustus seems to have established a hierarchy of military honors, reserving the ovatio and triumph proper for members of his own family, but allowing ex-consuls to earn triumphal honors. Ultimately, court ceremo…

  • Topography and Ideology

    Open AccessGeoffrey S SumiARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly2011Citada por: 2

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  • Ceremony and Power

    Geoffrey Sumi, Geoffrey S SumiBOOKCeremony and Power2010Referências: 11

    Analyzes the relationship between political power and public ceremonial in the period between Julius Caesar and the first emperor Augustus In Ceremony and Power, Geoffrey Sumi is concerned with the relationship between political power and public ceremonial in the Roman Republic, with particular focus on the critical months following Ceasar's assassination and later as Augustus became the first emperor of Rome. The book traces the use of a variety…

  • Monuments and Memory

    Open AccessGeoffrey S SumiARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly2009Citada por: 12

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  • Ceremony and Power

    Geoffrey Sumi, Geoffrey S SumiBOOKCeremony and Power2005