Daniele Miano

Fortuna

Deity and Concept in Archaic and Republican Italy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is good luck and what did it mean to the Romans? What connections were there between luck and success? This volume aims to address these questions by focusing on the Latin goddess Fortuna, who was connected to the concept of chance and good fortune, and analysing the changing interactions with deity and concept in ancient Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780198786566
• ISBN-10: 0198786565
• Artikelnr.: 49035120

Autorenporträt

Daniele Miano is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Sheffield. He studied in Rome, Pisa, Paris, and Manchester, obtaining his doctorate from the Scuola Normale Superiore at Pisa. Before coming to Sheffield, he held a Lectureship in Ancient History at Brasenose and St Anne's Colleges, Oxford, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at University College, Dublin. His research interests focus on the history and historiography of Republican Rome and Italy. He has published in particular on gods and goddesses in ancient Italy, and on memorial practices and historiography in Republican Rome.

Inhaltsangabe

Frontmatter
List of Figures
List of Maps
0: Introduction: Word and Concept
1: The City of Fortuna
2: Fortunae in Italy
3: Archaic Rome
4: Fortuna and the Republic
5: To Each His Own
6: Fortuna in Translation, Fortuna as Translation
7: A Godless Goddess
8: Conclusions: Fragmentation and Unity
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index