Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures – serie
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16 produkter
Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire
Häftad, 2015
517 kr
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Drawing on unexpected texts both ancient and modern, Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire offers startling insights into the character of Rome and its princeps-turned-emperor, Augustus. Claude Nicolet documents Roman expansion at the start of the early imperial period and …
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Av F. E. Adcock
Häftad, 1964
347 kr
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A study of Roman politics from the early kings, through the Republic, to the age of the dictatorships. The story unfolds against a background of wars, financial tangles, shifting foreign policy, and personal rivalries. Sir Frank finds the secret of Roman power in the dignity of its great men and …
Roman Voting Assemblies
From the Hannibalic War to the Dictatorship of Caesar
Häftad, 1990
331 kr
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Draws on archaeological evidence to reconstruct voting procedures in the assemblies
Rise and Fall of States According to Greek Authors
Häftad, 1991
405 kr
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The Rise and Fall of States According to Greek Authors is a masterful survey of the manner in which Greek historians, from Herodotus to Polybius, explained the conditions of a state’s success and the dangers of power. Both the differences and the similarities among the major authors’ ideas are …
Typology and Structure of Roman Historical Reliefs
Häftad, 1992
811 kr
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Creates a typology for the decorative and informative Roman historical reliefs
What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?
Timaeus and Genesis in Counterpoint
Inbunden, 1997
848 kr
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The debate about evolution and creationism is striking evidence of the tensions between biblical and philosophical-scientific explanations of the origins of the universe. For most of the past twenty centuries, important historical context for the debate has been supplied by the relation (or …
Between Sahara and Sea
Africa in the Roman Empire
Inbunden, 2023
646 kr
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Winner of the 2024 Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for ClassicsWinner of the 2025 Vinson Sutlive Book Prize and LectureBetween Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for …
Commerce with the Classics
Ancient Books and Renaissance Readers
Häftad, 2020
439 kr
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The style of reading in Renaissance Europe, as seen in the margins of books and in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals themselves, is deftly charted in this welcome volume from Anthony Grafton. Growing out of the Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures that Anthony Grafton gave at the University of …
Hellenism in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 1996
362 kr
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The extraordinary adaptability and durability of Greek culture in times of momentous change is revealed in this book, as G. W. Bowersock seeks to interpret Hellenism in a predominantly Christian world. In this effort he sheds new light on a late paganism that has often been seen as moribund and …
Power of Images in the Age of Augustus
Av Paul Zanker
Häftad, 1990
3,2 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (5)
455 kr
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"Art and architecture are mirrors of a society. They reflect the state of its values, especially in times of crisis or transition." Upon this premise Paul Zanker builds an interpretation of Augustan art as a visual language that both expressed and furthered the transformation of Roman society …
Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic
Häftad, 2002
393 kr
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It has often been thought that Roman politics was dominated by a governing class, or even aristocracy, and it has sometimes been presumed that the Senate was a legislative body. The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic takes a dramatically new tack, and explores the consequences of a democracy in …
Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire
Inbunden, 1991
1297 kr
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Drawing on unexpected texts both ancient and modern, Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire offers startling insights into the character of Rome and its princeps-turned-emperor, Augustus. Claude Nicolet documents Roman expansion at the start of the early imperial period and …
Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic
Inbunden, 1998
1368 kr
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It has often been thought that Roman politics was dominated by a governing class, or even aristocracy, and it has sometimes been presumed that the Senate was a legislative body. The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic takes a dramatically new tack, and explores the consequences of a democracy in …
Discovering the Greek Countryside at Metaponto
Inbunden, 2006
1509 kr
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Though the ancient Greeks are generally thought to have been city dwellers, with a primarily urban culture, the polis also included a sizable agricultural territory where farmers worked and lived to produce the means of subsistence for the urban population, as well as a surplus for trade. …
Speaking Ruins
Piranesi, Architects and Antiquity in Eighteenth-Century Rome
Av John Pinto
Inbunden, 2012
1085 kr
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As they had during the Renaissance, ruins in the eighteenth century continued to serve as places of exchange between antiquity and modern times and between one architect and another. Rome functioned as a cultural entrepôt, drawing to it architects of the caliber of Filippo Juvarra, Robert Adam, …
Images and Translations
The Etruscans Abroad
Inbunden, 2023
944 kr
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Professor Larissa Bonfante’s great gift was the ability to evoke, in a fresh, immediate, and convincing way, the experiences, beliefs, and thoughts of people living more than two thousand years ago. Her final publication, Images and Translations: The Etruscans Abroad, communicates the sensations of …
