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Gymnasium of Virtue
Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta
Häftad, 2007
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The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of ""primitive"" …
Piscinae
Artificial Fishponds in Roman Italy
Häftad, 2012
587 kr
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Pisciculture - the process of raising fish--held a lasting fascination for the people of ancient Rome.Whether bred for household consumption, cultivated for sale at market, or simply kept in confinement for reasons of aesthetic appreciation, fish remained an important commodity and prominent …
Rome, the Greek World, and the East
Volume 1: the Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution
Av Fergus Millar, Guy MacLean Rogers
Häftad, 2002
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Fergus Millar's writings have helped to make the inhabitants of the Roman Empire central to our conception of how the empire functioned. He also has shown how and why Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam evolved from within the wider cultural context of the Greco-Roman world. These 16 …
Rome, the Greek World, and the East
Volume 2: Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire
Av Fergus Millar, Guy MacLean Rogers
Häftad, 2004
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Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, above all The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have transformed our understanding of the communal culture and civil government of the Greco-Roman world. This second …
Rome, the Greek World, and the East
Volume 3: the Greek World, the Jews, and the East
Av Fergus Millar, Guy MacLean Rogers
Häftad, 2006
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This volume completes the three-volume collection of Fergus Millar's essays, which, together with his books, transformed the study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The eighteen essays presented here include Millar's classic …
Lands, Laws, and Gods
Magistrates and Ceremony in the Regulation of Public Lands in Republican Rome
Häftad, 2009
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In Lands, Laws, and Gods, Daniel Gargola examines the formulation and implementation of laws regulating the use of public lands, including the establishment of colonies, in Republican Rome (509-27 B.C.). During this period of territorial expansion, the Romans developed the basic legal forms by …
Public Records and Archives in Classical Athens
Häftad, 2007
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In this book, James Sickinger explores the use and preservation of public records in the ancient Athenian democracy of the archaic and classical periods.Athenian public records are most familiar from the survival of inscribed stelai, slabs of marble on which were published decrees, treaties, …
Artists of the Ara Pacis
The Process of Hellenization in Roman Relief Sculpture
Häftad, 2011
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The Ara Pacis Augustae, or Altar of Augustan Peace, was built to commemorate the return to Rome of the emperor Augustus and his general Agrippa, who had been away for many years on military campaigns. Dedicated in 9 B.C., the monument consists of an altar and surrounding wall, both decorated with a …
Art of Forgetting
Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture
Häftad, 2011
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Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or mutilation of portraits and public inscriptions. Harriet Flower provides the first chronological overview of …
Patrician Tribune
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Häftad, 2010
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Publius Clodius Pulcher was a prominent political figure during the last years of the Roman Republic. Born into an illustrious patrician family, his early career was sullied by military failures and especially by the scandal that resulted from his allegedly disguising himself as a woman in order to …
Rome at War
Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic
Häftad, 2013
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Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring about the demise of Italy's small farms and that the misery of impoverished citizens then became fuel for the social and political …
Inside Roman Libraries
Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity
Häftad, 2017
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Libraries of the ancient world have long held a place in the public imagination. Even in antiquity, the library at Alexandria was nearly legendary. Until now there has been relatively little research to discover what was inside these libraries, how the collections came into being and evolved, and …
Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy
Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems
Häftad, 2018
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The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and runoff from walkways and roads, and public and private latrines. Through the archeological record, graffiti, …
Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius
Häftad, 2020
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The division of the late Roman Empire into two theoretically cooperating parts by the brothers Valentinian and Valens in 364 deeply influenced many aspects of government in each of the divisions. Although the imperial policies during this well-documented and formative period are generally …
Virtus Romana
Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians
Häftad, 2021
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The political transformation that took place at the end of the Roman Republic was a particularly rich area for analysis by the era's historians. Major narrators chronicled the crisis that saw the end of the Roman Republic and the changes that gave birth to a new political system. These writers drew …
Column of Marcus Aurelius
The Genesis and Meaning of a Roman Imperial Monument
Häftad, 2021
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One of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome and at the same time one of the most poorly understood, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has long stood in the shadow of the Column of Trajan. In The Column of Marcus Aurelius, Martin Beckmann makes a thorough study of the form, content, and meaning …
Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome
Häftad, 2021
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Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of the Mediterranean world. In Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, Brian Campbell explores the role and influence of rivers and their …
Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire
Häftad, 2021
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In this work, Fred Drogula studies the development of Roman provincial command using the terms and concepts of the Romans themselves as reference points. Beginning in the earliest years of the republic, Drogula argues, provincial command was not a uniform concept fixed in positive law but rather a …
Shape of the Roman Order
The Republic and Its Spaces
Häftad, 2021
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In recent years, a long-established view of the Roman Empire during its great age of expansion has been called into question by scholars who contend that this model has made Rome appear too much like a modern state. This is especially true in terms of understanding how the Roman government ordered …
Women's Religious Activity in the Roman Republic
Häftad, 2021
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Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E. Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considered. …
