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

Reclaims virtus for the new imperial system, manifesting it in the person of the Emperor (Tiberius) himself rather than just the collective Roman people.

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. Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Rom...

Views virtus through the lens of decline. He argues that the loss of external threats ( metus hostilis ) led the Roman nobility to abandon true service to the state, replacing virtus with vices like avarice and ambition. Reclaims virtus for the new imperial system, manifesting

Scholars of Roman history, historiography, and intellectual history, as well as advanced undergraduates. He argues that the loss of external threats

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

Uses virtus as a nostalgic tool, presenting legendary figures from Rome’s past as moral exemplars for his contemporary audience to emulate.