Virtus Romana: Politics And Morality In The Rom... Online

Scholars of Roman history, historiography, and intellectual history, as well as advanced undergraduates.

Reclaims virtus for the new imperial system, manifesting it in the person of the Emperor (Tiberius) himself rather than just the collective Roman people. Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Rom...

Historians served as "promoters of change," using the concept of virtus to help Romans redefine their identity as they moved from citizen-soldiers of a Republic to subjects of an Emperor. Scholars of Roman history

Definitions of political and moral terms are not fixed; they are reinterpreted by historians to fit or challenge contemporary political realities. and intellectual history