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Author : Cyril A. Mango
Release : 1979
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Book Synopsis Review of A. Cameron : Circus Factions : Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium by : Cyril A. Mango
Download or read book Review of A. Cameron : Circus Factions : Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium written by Cyril A. Mango. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Cameron
Release : 1978
Genre : Circus
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Book Synopsis Circus Factions: Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium by : Alan Cameron
Download or read book Circus Factions: Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium written by Alan Cameron. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Cameron
Release : 1976
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Circus Factions by : Alan Cameron
Download or read book Circus Factions written by Alan Cameron. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Conceived as a companion volume to Porphyrius the Charioteer, this study traces the history and significance of what are generally known as 'circus factions' from the principate of Augustus to the eve of the Crusades, dealing mainly with the late Roman to early Byzantine periods. Other historians have analysed the activities of the factions, particularly the urban riots, in social, political, and religious terms, ignoring their sporting allegiances. Cameron offers a thorough-going criticism of the 'traditional' presupposition 'that racing was a thin façade for social and religious conflict'. In its place he presents what is essentially the history of chariot racing, its organization, participants, and spectator supporters. He shows how circus entertainments developed from privately mounted games to publicly funded entertainments; he examines the role of the hippodrome and theatre within political life; and he studies the changing nature of factions--from sporting rivalry, through 'partisan' gangs and hooliganism, to their incorporation in the games' imperial ceremonial and consequent decline." -- Provided by publisher
Author : Timothy Dawson
Release : 2015-09-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis By the Emperor's Hand by : Timothy Dawson
Download or read book By the Emperor's Hand written by Timothy Dawson. This book was released on 2015-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As absolute as Hitler's control over the German war machine was, it depended on the ability, judgment and unquestioning loyalty of the senior officers charged with putting his ideas, however difficult, into effect.Top military historian James Lucas examines the stories of fourteen of these men: all of different rank, from varied backgrounds, and highly awarded, they exemplify German military prowess at its most dangerous. Among his subjects are Eduard Dietl, the commander of German forces in Norway and Eastern Europe; Werner Kampf, one of the most successful Panzer commanders of the war; and Kurt Meyer, commander of the Hitler Youth Division and one of Germany's youngest general officers.The author, one of the leading experts on all aspects of German military conduct of the Second World War, offers the reader a rare look into the nature of the German Army a curious mix of individual strength, petty officialdom and pragmatic action.
Author : Stine Birk
Release : 2014-04-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Using Images in Late Antiquity by : Stine Birk
Download or read book Using Images in Late Antiquity written by Stine Birk. This book was released on 2014-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen papers focus on the active and dynamic uses of images during the first millennium AD. They bring together an international group of scholars who situate the periods visual practices within their political, religious, and social contexts. The contributors present a diverse range of evidence, including mosaics, sculpture, and architecture from all parts of the Mediterranean, from Spain in the west to Jordan in the east. Contributions span from the depiction of individuals on funerary monuments through monumental epigraphy, Constantines expropriation and symbolic re-use of earlier monuments, late antique collections of Classical statuary, and city personifications in mosaics to the topic of civic prosperity during the Theodosian period and dynastic representation during the Umayyad dynasty. Together they provide new insights into the central role of visual culture in the constitution of late antique societies.
