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Show Btytm flnntmon- LV Lindsay Adams ¦ ¦- Interpreting Magnus: Roman Perceptions of Alexander the Great in the Late Republic and the Principate Bryan Brlnkman (W. Lindsay Adams] Department of History A exa ncfer the Great was for che Romans. In many retpecci a model Forged by necessity There were "¦ewfiguiet in Ftomes own pasc who possessed the cype of autocratic power thac was emerging In che Late Republic Thus. Alexandei served at an ewemplum, bo1 h good and bad. of absol uie power and at such, there wis an Immente tpikeln che interest of Alexandei duimg lhe Laie Repjbkand the Principate. Therefore, toman conceptions of Alexander muse be u nderttcwd in 1he polklcaland cukural concert oFchls most ¦hi period In Roman hluory Furchermore, k Is necetsary 1o examine the way In wh c h 1 he^ Interest in Alexander manifest themtelvet a1 Home a nd 1 he Empire ai Large Here, 1 h ree sources of si uch1 provide l he most apt material cheiuter^che commentators, and the historians of the period The rulers through then imitation of Alexander, reflect che way t In which they viewed l heir o^n powei ThecommematorE, thoM tuc hat Cicero and Seneca, who provde Invaluable InsKphts Inro thepolrth^al ell mace of their nme. make known 1 heir feellrgt coward Alexar>der and 1 he c/p* of power he repretenis. Final ry. che hluorlant. In i-1 ¦ c ¦¦ thote who wrote a boul Alexarndet were all incenthDnallyoi noc. bound to the Roman world In which thev lived. Therefore, the pop harts -jf Alexander's life thac they creale are shaded by Roman tentlmentt of power at rt became reccgnlzed In che Late Republic and Early Empne |