The Heart of Rome
Ancient Rome's Political Culture
1st Edition
Published on 5. December 2013
200 pages
979-8-216-21542-4 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this book examine the political activities and institutions of pre-Imperial Rome in conjunction with the habits of the hearts and the minds of the Romans. Relying on the writings of ancient authors, the essays analyze significant political developments and events. They attempt to draw out the meaning of what the authors say and impose no theory on the ancient writings. Nor do they pursue the methodological techniques of contemporary historiography. While avoiding such common present-day anachronisms, they take their guidance directly from the ancient historians themselves and examine their understanding of Rome's political history and culture. Harking back to the ancient view that a political culture or regime is both a city's form of government and its way of life, the essays, trying to be true to the full character of Roman political life, seek to understand the political activities and the souls of the Romans, and to understand each in the light of the other.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-216-21542-4 (9798216215424)
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Book
12/2015
Lexington Books
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Person
Jan H. Blits is professor in the University Honors Program at the University of Delaware.
Content
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
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
