Author: Monica R. Gale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107027144
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A wide-ranging study of violence in Latin literature, across the spectrum of texts and genres from Plautus to Prudentius.
Texts and Violence in the Roman World
Author: Monica R. Gale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107027144
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A wide-ranging study of violence in Latin literature, across the spectrum of texts and genres from Plautus to Prudentius.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107027144
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A wide-ranging study of violence in Latin literature, across the spectrum of texts and genres from Plautus to Prudentius.
The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180
Author: Martin Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134943857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134943857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.
Empire and Ideology in the Graeco-Roman World
Author: Benjamin Isaac
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107135893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This book explores how the Graeco-Roman world suffered from major power conflicts, imperial ambition, and ethnic, religious and racist strife.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107135893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This book explores how the Graeco-Roman world suffered from major power conflicts, imperial ambition, and ethnic, religious and racist strife.
The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World
Author: Werner Riess
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Examines how location confers cultural meaning on acts of violence, and renders them socially acceptable--or not
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Examines how location confers cultural meaning on acts of violence, and renders them socially acceptable--or not
The Cambridge World History of Violence: Volume 1, The Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds
Author: Garrett G. Fagan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108882900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, Volume 1 provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient world. Covering the Palaeolithic through to the end of classical antiquity, the chapters take a global perspective spanning sub-Saharan Africa, the Near East, Europe, India, China, Japan and Central America. Unlike many previous works, this book does not focus only on warfare but examines violence as a broader phenomenon. The historical approach complements, and in some cases critiques, previous research on the anthropology and psychology of violence in the human story. Written by a team of contributors who are experts in each of their respective fields, Volume 1 will be of particular interest to anyone fascinated by archaeology and the ancient world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108882900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The first in a four-volume set, The Cambridge World History of Violence, Volume 1 provides a comprehensive examination of violence in prehistory and the ancient world. Covering the Palaeolithic through to the end of classical antiquity, the chapters take a global perspective spanning sub-Saharan Africa, the Near East, Europe, India, China, Japan and Central America. Unlike many previous works, this book does not focus only on warfare but examines violence as a broader phenomenon. The historical approach complements, and in some cases critiques, previous research on the anthropology and psychology of violence in the human story. Written by a team of contributors who are experts in each of their respective fields, Volume 1 will be of particular interest to anyone fascinated by archaeology and the ancient world.
Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World
Author: Emma Dench
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108696007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book evaluates a hundred years of scholarship on how empire transformed the Roman world, and advances a new theory of how the empire worked and was experienced. It engages extensively with Rome's Republican empire as well as the 'Empire of the Caesars', examines a broad range of ancient evidence (material, documentary, and literary) that illuminates multiple perspectives, and emphasizes the much longer history of imperial rule within which the Roman Empire emerged. Steering a course between overemphasis on resistance and overemphasis on consensus, it highlights the political, social, religious and cultural consequences of an imperial system within which functions of state were substantially delegated to, or more often simply assumed by, local agencies and institutions. The book is accessible and of value to a wide range of undergraduate and graduate students as well as of interest to all scholars concerned with the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108696007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book evaluates a hundred years of scholarship on how empire transformed the Roman world, and advances a new theory of how the empire worked and was experienced. It engages extensively with Rome's Republican empire as well as the 'Empire of the Caesars', examines a broad range of ancient evidence (material, documentary, and literary) that illuminates multiple perspectives, and emphasizes the much longer history of imperial rule within which the Roman Empire emerged. Steering a course between overemphasis on resistance and overemphasis on consensus, it highlights the political, social, religious and cultural consequences of an imperial system within which functions of state were substantially delegated to, or more often simply assumed by, local agencies and institutions. The book is accessible and of value to a wide range of undergraduate and graduate students as well as of interest to all scholars concerned with the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472085682
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire gives those who have a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point informed by the latest developments in scholarship for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment are all crucial to an understanding of the Roman world. As views of Roman history have broadened in recent decades to encompass a wider range of topics, the need has grown for a single volume that can offer a starting point for all these diverse subjects, for readers of all backgrounds."--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472085682
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire gives those who have a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point informed by the latest developments in scholarship for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment are all crucial to an understanding of the Roman world. As views of Roman history have broadened in recent decades to encompass a wider range of topics, the need has grown for a single volume that can offer a starting point for all these diverse subjects, for readers of all backgrounds."--Page 4 of cover.
Empire and Religion in the Roman World
Author: Harriet I. Flower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108934242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The inspiration for this volume comes from the work of its dedicatee, Brent D. Shaw, who is one of the most original and wide-ranging historians of the ancient world of the last half-century and continues to open up exciting new fields for exploration. Each of the distinguished contributors has produced a cutting-edge exploration of a topic in the history and culture of the Roman Empire dealing with a subject on which Professor Shaw has contributed valuable work. Three major themes extend across the volume as a whole. First, the ways in which the Roman world represented an intricate web of connections even while many people's lives remained fragmented and local. Second, the ways in which the peculiar Roman space promoted religious competition in a sophisticated marketplace for practices and beliefs, with Christianity being a major benefactor. Finally, the varying forms of violence which were endemic within and between communities.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108934242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The inspiration for this volume comes from the work of its dedicatee, Brent D. Shaw, who is one of the most original and wide-ranging historians of the ancient world of the last half-century and continues to open up exciting new fields for exploration. Each of the distinguished contributors has produced a cutting-edge exploration of a topic in the history and culture of the Roman Empire dealing with a subject on which Professor Shaw has contributed valuable work. Three major themes extend across the volume as a whole. First, the ways in which the Roman world represented an intricate web of connections even while many people's lives remained fragmented and local. Second, the ways in which the peculiar Roman space promoted religious competition in a sophisticated marketplace for practices and beliefs, with Christianity being a major benefactor. Finally, the varying forms of violence which were endemic within and between communities.
Religious Violence in the Ancient World
Author: Jitse H. F. Dijkstra
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.
Staging Masculinity
Author: Erik Gunderson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472111398
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Examines ancient notions of what constitutes a "good man"
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472111398
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Examines ancient notions of what constitutes a "good man"