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Author : Carlin A. Barton
Release : 1992
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 915/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans by : Carlin A. Barton
Download or read book The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans written by Carlin A. Barton. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the collective psychology of the ancient Romans argues that their emotional life was filled with extremes of despair, envy and fascination.
Author : Carlin A. Barton
Release : 2020-10-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans by : Carlin A. Barton
Download or read book The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans written by Carlin A. Barton. This book was released on 2020-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."
Author : Carlin A. Barton
Release : 2001
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Roman Honor by : Carlin A. Barton
Download or read book Roman Honor written by Carlin A. Barton. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans. Her provocative and original inquiry focuses on the sentiments of honor that shaped the Romans' sense of themselves and their society. Speaking directly to the concerns and curiosities of the contemporary reader, Barton brings Roman society to life, elucidating the complex relation between the inner life of its citizens and its social fabric. Though thoroughly grounded in the ancient writings--especially the work of Seneca, Cicero, and Livy--this book also draws from contemporary theories of the self and social theory to deepen our understanding of ancient Rome. Barton explores the relation between inner desires and social behavior through an evocative analysis of the operation, in Roman society, of contests and ordeals, acts of supplication and confession, and the sense of shame. As she fleshes out Roman physical and psychological life, she particularly sheds new light on the consequential transition from republic to empire as a watershed of Roman social relations. Barton's ability to build productively on both old and new scholarship on Roman history, society, and culture and her imaginative use of a wide range of work in such fields as anthropology, sociology, psychology, modern history, and popular culture will make this book appealing for readers interested in many subjects. This beautifully written work not only generates insight into Roman history, but also uses that insight to bring us to a new understanding of ourselves, our modern codes of honor, and why it is that we think and act the way we do.
Author : Pierre Miquel
Release : 1983
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Book Rating : 090/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The sorrows of the ancient romans by : Pierre Miquel
Download or read book The sorrows of the ancient romans written by Pierre Miquel. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Knapp
Release : 2011-10-24
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 287/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Invisible Romans by : Robert Knapp
Download or read book Invisible Romans written by Robert Knapp. This book was released on 2011-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What survives from the Roman Empire is largely the words and lives of the rich and powerful: emperors, philosophers, senators. Yet the privilege and decadence often associated with the Roman elite was underpinned by the toils and tribulations of the common citizens. Here, the eminent historian Robert Knapp brings those invisible inhabitants of Rome and its vast empire to light. He seeks out the ordinary folk—laboring men, housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers, and gladiators—who formed the backbone of the ancient Roman world, and the outlaws and pirates who lay beyond it. He finds their traces in the nooks and crannies of the histories, treatises, plays, and poetry created by the elite. Everyday people come alive through original sources as varied as graffiti, incantations, magical texts, proverbs, fables, astrological writings, and even the New Testament. Knapp offers a glimpse into a world far removed from our own, but one that resonates through history. Invisible Romans allows us to see how Romans sought on a daily basis to survive and thrive under the afflictions of disease, war, and violence, and to control their fates before powers that variously oppressed and ignored them.
