The Roman Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roman Book write by Rex Winsbury. This book was released on 2009-03-26. The Roman Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What was a Roman book? How did it differ from modern books? How were Roman books composed, published and distributed during the high period of Roman literature that encompassed, among others, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Martial, Pliny and Tacitus? What was the ‘scribal art’ of the time? What was the role of bookshops and libraries? The publishing of Roman books has often been misrepresented by false analogies with contemporary publishing. This wide-ranging study re-examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw material and the aesthetic criteria of the Roman book, and shows how slavery was the ‘enabling infrastructure’ of literature. Roman publishing is placed firmly in the context of a society where the spoken still ranked above the written, helping to explain how some books and authors became politically dangerous and how the Roman book could be both an elite cultural icon and a contributor to Rome’s popular culture through the mass medium of the theatre.
The Shape of the Roman Order
The Shape of the Roman Order - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shape of the Roman Order write by Daniel J. Gargola. This book was released on 2017-02-16. The Shape of the Roman Order available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In recent years, a long-established view of the Roman Empire during its great age of expansion has been called into question by scholars who contend that this model has made Rome appear too much like a modern state. This is especially true in terms of understanding how the Roman government ordered the city--and the world around it--geographically. In this innovative, systematic approach, Daniel J. Gargola demonstrates how important the concept of space was to the governance of Rome. He explains how Roman rulers, without the means for making detailed maps, conceptualized the territories under Rome's power as a set of concentric zones surrounding the city. In exploring these geographic zones and analyzing how their magistrates performed their duties, Gargola examines the idiosyncratic way the elite made sense of the world around them and how it fundamentally informed the way they ruled over their dominion. From what geometrical patterns Roman elites preferred to how they constructed their hierarchies in space, Gargola considers a wide body of disparate materials to demonstrate how spatial orientation dictated action, shedding new light on the complex peculiarities of Roman political organization.
Inside Roman Libraries
Inside Roman Libraries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inside Roman Libraries write by George W. Houston. This book was released on 2014. Inside Roman Libraries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Inside Roman Libraries: Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity
The Wanderer
The Wanderer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wanderer write by Mika Waltari. This book was released on 2021-11-11T21:27:00Z. The Wanderer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Wanderer, Michael of the charmed life continues his erratic career as an adventurer with an interlude which takes him through much of the 16th century Islamic empire. The holocaust in Rome singed his conscience a bit, and he decided - with his brother in arms, the bull-like Andy, to seek peace in a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. But Fate decreed otherwise. The pilgrim ship was seized by the infidels. Michael, chameleon like in his loyalties, became for all purposes an aspirant to Islam, and - though a slave - rose rapidly in the service of his masters, until he was confidante, adviser, military leader, political intriguer, whatever suited his mood, and landing - as one of his owners said - "always on his feet." Richly detailed with the lushness of a tawdry era in Europe and the Near East, the novel is more tightly plotted than was "The Adventurer," and Michael finds himself smitten by the strange woman of the evil eye who has captured his heart and imagination. A complex plot, with successive interlocking episodes, this adds up to another picaresque romantic adventure novel which those who enjoyed its predecessors will want to read for sure.
Caesar Against Rome
Caesar Against Rome - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Caesar Against Rome write by Ramon Jimenez. This book was released on 2000-02-28. Caesar Against Rome available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Military historians will discover details about every facet of Roman warfare from weaponry to personnel policy, tactics, operations, and logistics."--BOOK JACKET.
