Anne Leen

All Things Ancient Rome

An Encyclopedia of the Roman World [2 Volumes]

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through roughly 160 alphabetically arranged reference entries, this book surveys the material culture and social institutions of Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome was one of the great civilizations of antiquity. Honoring the contributions of their cultural forebearers-who included Etruscans, Asians, and Egyptians as well as Greeks-Roman artists, writers, and thinkers freely borrowed where tradition dictated and innovated where personal talent and imagination directed, forging a unique creative experience that formed the basis of Western European artistic, literary, and philosophical production for 2,000 years. While other reference works typically examine battles and politicians, this book focuses on Roman social history and daily life, painting a detailed picture of the material culture and social institutions of Ancient Rome. A timeline highlights key events, while an overview essay surveys the achievements of the Romans. Reference entries provide objective information about art, architecture, literature, commerce, transportation, government, religion, and other topics related to Roman life. Each entry provides cross-references and suggestions for further reading, and some provide sidebars of interesting facts along with excerpts from primary source documents. The book closes with a selected, general bibliography of resources suitable for student research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 712
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 270mm x 184mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1819g
• ISBN-13: 9781440862885
• ISBN-10: 1440862885
• Artikelnr.: 69233446

Autorenporträt

Anne Leen is Professor Emerita of Classics at Furman University, USA and editor of The Roman Funerary Inscriptions Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1 Guide to Related Topics Preface Acknowledgments Introduction
Timeline Entries A-L Abortion Abstract Gods Actium Adoption Aeneas
Agriculture Alba Longa Amphitheater Aqueduct Arch Army Art and Architecture
Ascanius Asia Minor Assemblies (Comitia) Astrology Athletics Basilica Baths
Bilingualism Bridges Britain (Brittania) Building Programs Calendar
Campania Campus Martius Cannae Capua Carthage Chariot Racing Childhood
Christianity Circus Citizenship City Planning Coins and Coinage
Colonization Column Cosmetics and Perfumes Crime and Punishment Cumae
Cursus Honorum Death and Afterlife Dido Disease and Medicine Dress
Education Educators Egypt Emperor and Empress Empire Encyclopedias
Epicureanism Ethos Etruscans Family Festivals and Holidays Food and Drink
Forum Freedmen and Freedwomen Funerary Monuments Furniture Games (Ludi)
Gardens (Horti) Gates Gaul (Gallia) Gender and Sexuality Gladiators Glass
Graffiti Greece Herculaneum Housing Hygiene and Sanitation Imperial Cult
Inscriptions Italy Janus Jewelry and Gems Juno Jupiter Lares and Penates
Latin Language Latin Literature Law Literary Criticism Lucretia Volume 2
Guide to Related Topics Entries M-Z Magic Magna Graecia Manuscript Studies
Marriage Mars Medieval Latin Mediterranean Sea Minerva Mines Monarchy
Mosaics Music Mystery Religions Mythology Names Native Italian Gods New
Academy, The Non-Italian Gods Numidia Oplontis Ostia Paganism Palatine Hill
Patricians and Plebeians Patronage Pets Philhellenism Philosophy Political
Offices Pompeii Pottery Priesthoods Prodigies and Portents Provinces
Pythagoreanism Rape Religion Republic Rhetoric and Oratory Roads Rome
Romulus and Remus Sculpture Second Sophistic Senate Sibylline Oracles
Sicily Slavery Spain (Hispania) Status Stoicism Taxation and Finance
Technology and Engineering Temple Theater Trade and Commerce Tribes Triumph
Troy Venus Vesuvius Votive Offerings Wall Painting Walls Warfare Wealth and
Poverty Women Work Primary Source Documents Authors Cited Bibliography
Index