The Magistrate and the Ocean: Acclamations and Ritualised Communication in Town Gatherings in Roman Egypt
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2006
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Thomas Kruse, « The Magistrate and the Ocean: Acclamations and Ritualised Communication in Town Gatherings in Roman Egypt », Presses universitaires de Liège
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Recently attention has been drawn once again to the role of acclamations as forms of ritualised communication by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer. Central to his contribution to the theme is the increasing importance of such “loud and rhythmic exclamations of praise, censure and demand” in the late Roman Empire as a result of the changed character of the standing of the emperor and his desire to ensure as wide as possible an involvement of the empire’s population in ceremonies, which gave expression to loyalty...
