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Unwritten Rome
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Author : T. P. Wiseman
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2022-04-01
Unwritten Rome written by T. P. Wiseman and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-01 with History categories.
In Unwritten Rome, a new book by the author of Myths of Rome, T.P. Wiseman presents us with an imaginative and appealing picture of the early society of pre-literary Rome—as a free and uninhibited world in which the arts and popular entertainments flourished. This original angle allows the voice of the Roman people to be retrieved empathetically from contemporary artefacts and figured monuments, and from selected passages of later literature.How do you understand a society that didn’t write down its own history? That is the problem with early Rome, from the Bronze Age down to the conquest of Italy around 300 BC. The texts we have to use were all written centuries later, and their view of early Rome is impossibly anachronistic. But some possibly authentic evidence may survive, if we can only tease it out – like the old story of a Roman king acting as a magician, or the traditional custom that may originate in the practice of ritual prostitution. This book consists of eighteen attempts to find such material and make sense of it.
Unwritten Rome
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Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Unwritten Rome written by Timothy Peter Wiseman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with HISTORY categories.
Wiseman presents an imaginative and appealing picture of the early society of pre-literary Rome as a free and uninhibited world in which the arts and popular entertainments flourished. This original angle allows the voice of the Roman people to be retrieved empathetically from contemporary artefacts and figured monuments, and from selected passages of later literature.
The Myths Of Rome
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Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2004
The Myths Of Rome written by Timothy Peter Wiseman and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Winner of American Philological Association: C.J. Goodwin Award of Merit 2005. Shortlisted for British Academy Book Prize 2005. Widely reviewed and celebrated in hardback on publication in 2004, "The Myths of Rome" is now available in a paperback edition.This major re-evaluation of Roman history and its afterlife in western culture through the mediums of myth and art is fast becoming the standard popular account of the Roman story-world. It triumphantly redresses the popular perception of classical myth as a predominantly Greek invention; and builds a cohesive narrative from the mass of mythical and historical tales that cluster around the nexus of Rome. It is set to become a sourcebook for students of Roman myth and history in this country and around the world at undergraduate and graduate level.
A Summary Of The Roman Civil Law
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Author : Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
A Summary Of The Roman Civil Law written by Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with Canon law categories.
A Summary Of The Roman Civil Law
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Author : Patrick Mac Chombaich De Colquhoun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
A Summary Of The Roman Civil Law written by Patrick Mac Chombaich De Colquhoun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with Canon law categories.
Illiterate Geography In Classical Athens And Rome
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Author : Daniela Dueck
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-11-26
Illiterate Geography In Classical Athens And Rome written by Daniela Dueck and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-26 with History categories.
This study is devoted to the channels through which geographic knowledge circulated in classical societies outside of textual transmission. It explores understanding of geography among the non-elites, as opposed to scholarly and scientific geography solely in written form which was the province of a very small number of learned people. It deals with non-literary knowledge of geography, geography not derived from texts, as it was available to people, educated or not, who did not read geographic works. This main issue is composed of two central questions: how, if at all, was geographic data available outside of textual transmission and in contexts in which there was no need to write or read? And what could the public know of geography? In general, three groups of sources are relevant to this quest: oral communications preserved in writing; public non-textual performances; and visual artefacts and monuments. All of these are examined as potential sources for the aural and visual geographic knowledge of Greco-Roman publics. This volume will be of interest to anyone working on geography in the ancient world and to those studying non-elite culture.
Historiography And Imagination
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Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
language : en
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Release Date : 1994
Historiography And Imagination written by Timothy Peter Wiseman and has been published by University of Exeter Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This work focuses on some of the more unfamiliar aspects of the Roman experience, where the historian needs not just knowledge but also imagination. It expores how the Romans made sense of their past and how people today can understand that history, despite the inadequate evidence for early Rome and the Republic. All Latin and Greek source material is translated. The first essay in this collection was the Ronald Syme Lecture for 1993; "The Origins of Roman Historiography" argues that dramatic performances at the public games were the medium through which the Romans in the "pre-literary" period made sense of their own past.
The Genesis Of Roman Architecture
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Author : John North Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-01
The Genesis Of Roman Architecture written by John North Hopkins and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with Architecture categories.
An important new look at Rome's earliest buildings and their context within the broader tradition of Mediterranean culture This groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the progenitors of classical art and architecture or rely on historical sources dating centuries after the fact to establish the Roman context. Author John North Hopkins, however, allows the material and visual record to play the primary role in telling the story of Rome's origins, synthesizing important new evidence from recent excavations. Hopkins's detailed account of urban growth and artistic, political, and social exchange establishes strong parallels with communities across the Mediterranean. From the late 7th century, Romans looked to increasingly distant lands for shifts in artistic production. By the end of the archaic period they were building temples that would outstrip the monumentality of even those on the Greek mainland. The book's extensive illustrations feature new reconstructions, allowing readers a rare visual exploration of this fragmentary evidence.
The Fragments Of The Roman Historians
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Author : Tim Cornell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Fragments Of The Roman Historians written by Tim Cornell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Historians categories.
"This title is a definitive and comprehensive edition of the fragmentary texts of all the Roman historians whose works are lost. Historical writing was an important part of the literary culture of ancient Rome, and its best-known exponents, including Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, and Suetonius, provide much of our knowledge of Roman history. However, these authors constitute only a small minority of the Romans who wrote historical works from around 200 BC to AD 250. In this period we know of more than 100 writers of history, biography, and memoirs whose works no longer survive for us to read. They include well-known figures such as Cato the Elder, Sulla, Cicero, and the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus"--Page 4 of cover.
Early Rome
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Author : Jaclyn Neel
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-05-01
Early Rome written by Jaclyn Neel and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-01 with History categories.
The scholarly community has become increasingly aware of the differences between Roman myths and the more familiar myths of Greece. Early Rome: Myth and Society steps in to provide much-needed modern and accessible translations and commentaries on Italian legends. This work examines the tales of Roman pre-and legendary history, discusses relevant cultural and contextual information, and presents author biographies. This book offers updated translations of key texts, including authors who are often absent from classical mythology textbooks, such as Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Servius. Editor Jaclyn Neel debunks the idea that Romans were unimaginative copyists by spotlighting the vitality and flexibility of Italian myth — particularly those parts that are less closely connected to Greek tales, such as the story of Caeculus of Praeneste. Finally, by calling attention to the Italian rather than Roman nature of the collection, this book suggests that Roman culture was broader than the city itself. This important work offers: Up-to-date and accessible translations of Roman and Italic legends from authors throughout antiquity Examination of compelling tales that involve the Roman equivalent of Greek “heroes” Unique view of the strength and plasticity of Roman and Italic myth, particularly the parts less closely connected to familiar Greek tales Intelligent discussion of relevant cultural and contextual information Argument that Roman culture reached far beyond the city of Rome Fresh and readable, Early Rome: Myth and Society offers essential reading for students of ancient Rome as well as those interested in Roman and Greek mythology.