Imperial Projections
Author: Sandra R. Joshel
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2005-09-13
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780801882685
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Author: Sandra R. Joshel
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2005-09-13
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780801882685
DOWNLOAD EBOOK, Martin M. Winkler, and Maria Wyke--Peter Bondanella, Indiana University "Classical Outlook"
Author: Victor Sonkin
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Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781911072010
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Published: 1842
Total Pages: 704
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Published: 1844
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Aldo Schiavone
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780674000629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHIS SEARCHING INTERPRETATION of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided -- was there a point at which Greco-Roman society took a wrong turn? And in what ways is modern society different? Western history is split into two discontinuous eras, Aldo Schiavone tells us: the ancient world was fundamentally different from the modern one. He locates the essential difference in a series of economic factors: a slave-based economy, relative lack of mechanization and technology, the dominance of agriculture over urban industry. Also crucial are aspects of the ancient mentality: disdain for manual work, a preference for transcending (rather than transforming) nature, a basic belief in the permanence of limits. Schiavone's lively and provocative examination of the ancient world, "the eternal theater of history and power", offers a stimulating opportunity to view modern society in light of the experience of our forebears.
Author: Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Margaret Malamud
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-03-30
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1444305085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient Rome and Modern America explores the vital role thenarratives and images of Rome have played in America’sunderstanding of itself and its history. Places America’s response to Rome in a historicalcontext, from the Revolutionary era to the present Looks at portrayals of Rome in different media: writing,architecture, theatre, painting, World’s Fairs andExpositions, and film Beautifully illustrated with over 40 high quality photographsand figures
Author: Frank Frost Abbott
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-07-20
Total Pages: 149
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a historical novel by the American classical scholar, Frank Frost Abbot. It deals with the lives of the Roman common people, their language and literature, their occupations and amusements, and with their social, political and economic conditions. We are interested in the common people of Rome because they made the Roman Empire what it was. They carried the Roman standards to the Euphrates and the Atlantic: they lived abroad as traders, farmer and soldiers to Romanize the provinces. Or they stayed at home, working in different professions to supply the needs of the capital.
Author: C. J. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-03-09
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780521856928
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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-05
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents the legislation that formed the basis of Roman law - The Laws of the Twelve Tables. These laws, formally promulgated in 449 BC, consolidated earlier traditions and established enduring rights and duties of Roman citizens. The Tables were created in response to agitation by the plebeian class, who had previously been excluded from the higher benefits of the Republic. Despite previously being unwritten and exclusively interpreted by upper-class priests, the Tables became highly regarded and formed the basis of Roman law for a thousand years. This comprehensive sequence of definitions of private rights and procedures, although highly specific and diverse, provided a foundation for the enduring legal system of the Roman Empire.