Old Age and Rulers in the Ancient World

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Extent: 370 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Series: Antiquité et sciences humaines

Language: English, Greek (Modern), Latin

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(November 2026)

ISBN: 9782503620206

Price: $119.00

This volume explores the theme of old age and rulers in the Ancient World in a broad perspective: from the Ancient Egyptian tradition up to Late Antiquity chronologically, from the Latin West to ancient China geographically.

This is the first volume ever to explore the topic of old age in relation to rulership in the ancient world. The chapters deal with social and cultural perceptions of aged rulers; literary stereotypes of elderly and/or disabled rulers; epigraphical and artistic representations of aging rulers; day-to-day experience of ruling, vulnerability and strategies employed by such rulers. The ancient world is approached in a broad perspective: from the Ancient Egyptian tradition up to Late Antiquity chronologically, from the Latin West to ancient China geographically.

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