Carlin A. Barton

The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans (eBook, ePUB)

The Gladiator and the Monster

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 "monster."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691219677
• Artikelnr.: 60067089

Autorenporträt

Carlin A. Barton

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
3
The Gladiator
1
Despair
11
The Scandal of the Arena
11
2
Desire
47
Wine without Water
47
The Monster
3
Fascination
85
A Vain, Barren, Exquisite Wasting
85
4
Envy (Part One)
107
Embracing the Monster
107
5
Envy (Part Two)
145
Striking the Monster
145
6
Conclusions
176
The Widening Gyre
176
Modern Works Cited
191
Index
203