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15 produkter
Orator
The Life of Cicero and the End of the Roman Republic
Inbunden, 2026
337 kr
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'A triumph... thrillingly entertaining' OBSERVER'A wonderful book' TOM HOLLAND'Excellent... the go-to biography of Cicero' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'The greatest orator of the Roman world' THE TIMESA gripping new biography of one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history: …
Cicero's Tongue
The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic
Inbunden, 2026
397 kr
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A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history. When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins - a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and …
Death in Ancient Rome
Häftad, 2007
544 kr
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For the Romans, the manner of a person’s death was the most telling indication of their true character. Death revealed the true patriot, the genuine philosopher, even, perhaps, the great artist—and certainly the faithful Christian. Catharine Edwards draws on the many and richly varied accounts of …
Rome the Cosmopolis
Av Catharine Edwards, Greg Woolf
Häftad, 2006
754 kr
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Rome stands today for an empire and for a city. The essays gathered in this volume explore some of the many ways in which the two were interwoven. Rome was fed, beautified and enriched by empire just as it was swollen, polluted, infected and occupied by it. Empire was paraded in the streets of …
Roman Presences
Receptions of Rome in European Culture, 1789-1945
Häftad, 2007
754 kr
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This collection of essays explores aspects of the reception of ancient Rome in a number of European countries from the late eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War. Rome has been made to stand for literary authority, republican heroism, imperial power and decline, the Catholic Church, …
Seneca: Selected Letters
Inbunden, 2019
1554 kr
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The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging among the works that have survived from antiquity. They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery, gladiatorial combat and suicide. This selection of letters conveys their range and variety, …
Seneca: Selected Letters
Häftad, 2019
518 kr
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The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging among the works that have survived from antiquity. They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery, gladiatorial combat and suicide. This selection of letters conveys their range and variety, …
Writing Rome
Textual Approaches to the City
Häftad, 1996
677 kr
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The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city, were crowded with meanings and associations. These meanings were generated partly through activities associated …
Roman Presences
Receptions of Rome in European Culture, 1789-1945
Inbunden, 1999
1677 kr
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This collection of essays explores aspects of the reception of ancient Rome in a number of European countries from the late eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War. Rome has been made to stand for literary authority, republican heroism, imperial power and decline, the Catholic Church, …
Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome
Inbunden, 2025
1610 kr
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The question this book addresses is not how immoral the ancient Romans were, but why the literature they produced is so preoccupied with immorality. The modern image of immoral Rome derives from ancient accounts which are largely critical rather than celebratory. Far from being empty commonplaces, …
Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome
Häftad, 2025
448 kr
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The question this book addresses is not how immoral the ancient Romans were, but why the literature they produced is so preoccupied with immorality. The modern image of immoral Rome derives from ancient accounts which are largely critical rather than celebratory. Far from being empty commonplaces, …
Seneca: Selected Letters
E-bok, 2019
563 kr
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The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging among the works that have survived from antiquity. They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery, gladiatorial combat and suicide. This selection of letters conveys their range and variety, …
Orator
The Life of Cicero and the End of the Roman Republic
E-bok, 2026
170 kr
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'A triumph... thrillingly entertaining' OBSERVER'A wonderful book' TOM HOLLAND'Excellent... the go-to biography of Cicero' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'The greatest orator of the Roman world' THE TIMESA gripping new biography of one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history: …
