Sorrows of the Ancient Romans e-bog
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This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through th...
E-bog
366,80 DKK
Forlag
Princeton University Press
Udgivet
6 oktober 2020
Længde
224 sider
Genrer
1QBAR
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780691219677
This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "e;monster."e;