Jan H. Blits

The Heart of Rome

Ancient Rome's Political Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Jan H. Blits' The Heart of Rome: Ancient Rome's Political Culture examines the political activities and institutions of pre-Imperial Rome in conjunction with the habits of the hearts and the minds of the Romans. Blits emphasizes treating the writings of ancient historians of Rome as works of thoughtful reflection rather than as works of technical research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780739189207
• ISBN-10: 0739189204
• Artikelnr.: 39711521

Autorenporträt

Jan H. Blits is professor in the University Honors Program at the University of Delaware.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 1. Rome and the Sea 2. Hannibal and Roman Blunders 3. The Power of
Spectacle 4. Roman Memory and Time 5. Public Life, Private Virtue: The
Roman Censorship 6. The Decay of Politics and the Growth of Philosophy 7.
Endemic Monarchism and Emergent Caesarism Appendix 1; Who's Who Appendix 2:
Timeline of Events