Ancestor Masks And Aristocratic Power In Roman Culture
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Ancestor Masks And Aristocratic Power In Roman Culture
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996
Ancestor Masks And Aristocratic Power In Roman Culture written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Elite (Social sciences) categories.
In the first comprehensive study of Roman ancestor masks in English, Harriet Flower explains the reasons behind the use of wax masks in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome. Flower traces the functional evolution of ancestor masks, from theirfirst attested appearance in the third century BC to their last mention in the sixth century AD, through the examination of literary sources in both prose and verse, legal texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, and art. It is by putting these masks, which were worn by actors at the funerals ofthe deceased, into their legal, social, and political context that Flower is able to elucidate their central position in the media of the time and their special meaning as symbols of power and prestige.
Ancestor Masks And Aristocratic Power In Roman Culture
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 1996
Ancestor Masks And Aristocratic Power In Roman Culture written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
In the first comprehensive study of Roman ancestor masks in English, Harriet Flower explains the reasons behind the use of wax masks in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome. Broadening her approach from the purely art historical, Flower tracesthe functional evolution of ancestor masks, from their first appearance in the third century BC to their last mention in the sixth century AD, through the examination of literary sources in both prose and verse, legal texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, and art. It is by putting these masks,which were worn by actors at the funerals of the deceased, into their legal, social, and political context that Flower is able to elucidate their central position in the media of the time and their special meaning as symbols of power and prestige.
Roman Republics
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-06
Roman Republics written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-06 with History categories.
From the Renaissance to today, the idea that the Roman Republic lasted more than 450 years--persisting unbroken from the late sixth century to the mid-first century BC--has profoundly shaped how Roman history is understood, how the ultimate failure of Roman republicanism is explained, and how republicanism itself is defined. In Roman Republics, Harriet Flower argues for a completely new interpretation of republican chronology. Radically challenging the traditional picture of a single monolithic republic, she argues that there were multiple republics, each with its own clearly distinguishable strengths and weaknesses. While classicists have long recognized that the Roman Republic changed and evolved over time, Flower is the first to mount a serious argument against the idea of republican continuity that has been fundamental to modern historical study. By showing that the Romans created a series of republics, she reveals that there was much more change--and much less continuity--over the republican period than has previously been assumed. In clear and elegant prose, Roman Republics provides not only a reevaluation of one of the most important periods in western history but also a brief yet nuanced survey of Roman political life from archaic times to the end of the republican era.
Empire And Religion In The Roman World
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-06
Empire And Religion In The Roman World written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-06 with History categories.
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.
The Art Of Forgetting
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2011-02-01
The Art Of Forgetting written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
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 the development of this Roman practice--an instruction to forget--from archaic times into the second century A.D. Flower explores Roman memory sanctions against the background of Greek and Hellenistic cultural influence and in the context of the wider Mediterranean world. Combining literary texts, inscriptions, coins, and material evidence, this richly illustrated study contributes to a deeper understanding of Roman political culture.
The Cambridge Companion To The Roman Republic
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-23
The Cambridge Companion To The Roman Republic written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-23 with History categories.
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
Empire And Religion In The Roman World
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Author : Harriet I. Flower
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Empire And Religion In The Roman World written by Harriet I. Flower and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with HISTORY categories.
"Introduction:Patterns and Paradigms in the Ancient Mediterranean Harriet I. Flower Who are you? The question had been at the center of the crisis in African Christianity, as bishops and priests, deacons and lay persons, landowners and tenants, fishermen and moneychangers, craftsmen and civil servants, and itinerant gangs of young men and women mobilized the full panoply of memory, knowledge, and emotion that guided their actions as Christians." Brent Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine, p. 771 Perhaps it is only in new Christian values emerging on the sill of Late Antiquity that we might see some of the first tentative steps toward a quality and structure of the future which most Romans of earlier ages apparently did not share. Brent Shaw, Did the Romans Have a Future? p. 22-23 The present volume took its inspiration from an academic conference held at Princeton University in May 2017 to mark the retirement of Professor Brent D. Shaw from the Department of Classics, after a long and distinguished career as a Roman historian, both in Canada and in the US. The conference, entitled Subjects of Empire: Political and Cultural Exchange in Imperial Rome, was very well attended by many from the East Coast and beyond. Over a day and a half colleagues, friends, and former students delivered papers and reminisced about the scholarly inspiration and personal encouragement they had received from Brent Shaw over an academic career that spanned more than 40 years"--
Urban Space And Aristocratic Power In Late Antique Rome
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Author : Carlos Machado
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-10-17
Urban Space And Aristocratic Power In Late Antique Rome written by Carlos Machado and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-17 with History categories.
Between 270 and 535 AD the city of Rome experienced dramatic changes. The once glorious imperial capital was transformed into the much humbler centre of western Christendom in a process that redefined its political importance, size, and identity. Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome examines these transformations by focusing on the city's powerful elite, the senatorial aristocracy, and exploring their involvement in a process of urban change that would mark the end of the ancient world and the birth of the Middle Ages in the eyes of contemporaries and modern scholars. It argues that the late antique history of Rome cannot be described as merely a product of decline; instead, it was a product of the dynamic social and cultural forces that made the city relevant at a time of unprecedented historical changes. Combining the city's unique literary, epigraphic, and archaeological record, the volume offers a detailed examination of aspects of city life as diverse as its administration, public building, rituals, housing, and religious life to show how the late Roman aristocracy gave a new shape and meaning to urban space, identifying itself with the largest city in the Mediterranean world to an extent unparalleled since the end of the Republican period.
Pliny S Catalogue Of Culture
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Author : Sorcha Carey
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2003-12-19
Pliny S Catalogue Of Culture written by Sorcha Carey and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-19 with Literary Collections categories.
One of the earliest surviving examples of 'art history', Pliny the Elder's 'chapters on art' form part of his encyclopaedic Natural History, completed shortly before its author died during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. This important new work argues that the Natural History offers a sophisticated account of the world as empire, in which art as much as geography can be used to expound a Roman imperial agenda. Reuniting the 'chapters on art' with the rest of the Natural History, Sorcha Carey considers how the medium of the 'encyclopaedia' affects Pliny's presentation of art, and reveals how art is used to explore themes important to the work as a whole. Throughout, the author demonstrates that Pliny's 'chapters on art' are a profoundly Roman creation, offering an important insight into responses to art and culture under the early Roman empire.
Tradition And Power In The Roman Empire
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-04-08
Tradition And Power In The Roman Empire written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-08 with History categories.
This volume focuses on the interface between tradition and the shifting configuration of power structures in the Roman Empire. By examining various time periods and locales, its contributions show the Empire as a world filed with a wide variety of cultural, political, social, and religious traditions. These traditions were constantly played upon in the processes of negotiation and (re)definition that made the empire into a superstructure whose coherence was embedded in its diversity.