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The Art of Rome C.753 B.C.-A.D. 337
Author | : Jerome Jordan Pollitt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1983-05-12 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521273657 |
A comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled in translation and provided with linking passages that set the historical context. Reissue of a highly-esteemed volume originally published by Prentice-Hall in 1966.
The Romans
Author | : Karl Christ |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520056343 |
Roman civilization is one of the bases of the modern world. The extraordinary achievements of Rome--political, military, cultural--and its dramatic, thousand-year history, during which it grew to dominate the whole world of classical antiquity before being overwhelmed in its turn, have been continuously studied and variously interpreted ever since. Rome has been commended for its administration, praised for its system of justice, admired for its arts and technology, extolled for its "virtues," such as love of freedom, independence, discipline, courage, and austerity. It has also been condemned for its aggression, its exploitation of slaves, its excesses, and the decadence that led to its decline. But such was Rome's impact, and so remarkable was the empire it built, that its influence has never ceased to be felt. Whether as a model of political power, of moral behavior, or of social control, Rome with its splendors and triumphs, its failings and disasters, is an inexhaustible quarry for the lessons that its history offers and the legacies that it has bequeathed. Karl Christ conveys the essence of this vital Roman tradition with a coherence and compact precision that few scholars, if any, have been able to achieve. Following the main chronological developments of Roman history, he combines the necessary minimum of political and military narrative with lucid social and economic analysis, separate chapters of Roman ways of life and law, and wide-ranging coverage of literature, art, science, technology, and religion. With maps and photographs as well as a specially prepared bibliography for further reading, The Romans is the most up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive single-volume introduction to the history and civilization of Ancient Rome.
The Art of Rome c.753 B.C.-A.D. 337
Author | : Jerome Jordan Pollitt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1983-05-12 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521273657 |
This book consists of a comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled together in translation and provided with linking passages to set the historical context. Its purpose is to make this evidence accessible to students who are not specialists in the classical languages or classical archaeology. The surviving evidence is limited in extent but extremely precious in quality. This volume makes virtually all of it available between one set of covers.
The World of Rome
Author | : Peter V. Jones |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1997-03-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521386005 |
The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for students at university and at school as well as for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, it covers all aspects of the city - its rise to power, what made it great, and why it still engages and challenges us today. The first two chapters outline the history and changing identity of Rome from 1000 BC to AD 476. Subsequent chapters examine the mechanisms of government, the economic and social life of Rome, and Roman ways of looking at and reflecting the world. Frequent quotations from ancient writers and numerous illustrations make this a stimulating and accessible introduction to ancient Rome. The World of Rome is particularly designed to serve as a background book to Reading Latin (Cambridge University Press, 1986).
The Architecture of the Roman Empire: An introductory study
Author | : William Lloyd MacDonald |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780300028195 |
Examines Roman architecture as a party of overall urban design and looks at arches, public buildings, tombs, columns, stairs, plazas, and streets
The Emperor Domitian
Author | : Brian Jones |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134853122 |
Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a tyrant, and his later years on the throne as a `reign of terror'. Brian Jones' biography of the emperor, the first ever in English, offers a more balanced interpretation of the life of Domitian, arguing that his foreign policy was realistic, his economic programme rigorously efficient and his supposed persecution of the early Christians non-existent. Central to an understanding of the emperor's policies, Brian Jones proposes, is his relationship with his court, rather than with the senate. Roamn historians will have to take account of this new biography which in part represents a rehabilitation of Domitian.
The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World
Author | : Yun Lee Too |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2010-01-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199577803 |
A study of the ancient library as a complex institution with many different functions: as an instrument of power, of memory; an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too incidentally raises conceptual questions about modern libraries, bringing to these the insights that a study of antiquity can offer.
Roman Art
Author | : Donald Emrys Strong |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780300052930 |
First published in 1976, this standard work on the subject traces the development of Roman art from its beginings to the end of the fourth century AD, embracing the monuments of the Republic and then of the later Roman empire, demonstrating how all the arts of a given period combine to mirror its social, cultural, and idealogical character. This new edition includes an emended text with full notes and references, and an updated bibliography.