Remembering The Roman People

Author : T. P. Wiseman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191617010

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Remembering the Roman People by T. P. Wiseman Pdf

In the Roman republic, only the People could pass laws, only the People could elect politicians to office, and the very word republica meant 'the People's business'. So why is it always assumed that the republic was an oligarchy? The main reason is that most of what we know about it we know from Cicero, a great man and a great writer, but also an active right-wing politician who took it for granted that what was good for a small minority of self-styled 'best people' (optimates) was good for the republic as a whole. T. P. Wiseman interprets the last century of the republic on the assumption that the People had a coherent political ideology of its own, and that the optimates, with their belief in justified murder, were responsible for the breakdown of the republic in civil war.

Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Latin literature
ISBN : 0191716839

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Remembering the Roman People by Timothy Peter Wiseman Pdf

A challenging reinterpretation of the political culture of the last century of the Roman Republic. T.P. Wiseman argues that the People had their own egalitarian ethos, usually in conflict with that of the self-styled 'best' (optimates), who, with their belief in justified murder, were responsible for the republic's breakdown in civil war.

Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0859894223

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Historiography and Imagination by Timothy Peter Wiseman Pdf

This work focuses on some of the more unfamiliar aspects of the Roman experience, where the historian needs not just knowledge but also imagination. It expores how the Romans made sense of their past and how people today can understand that history, despite the inadequate evidence for early Rome and the Republic. All Latin and Greek source material is translated. The first essay in this collection was the Ronald Syme Lecture for 1993; "The Origins of Roman Historiography" argues that dramatic performances at the public games were the medium through which the Romans in the "pre-literary" period made sense of their own past.

Author : Victor Duruy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Rome
ISBN : HARVARD:HN62MS

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History of Rome and the Roman People by Victor Duruy Pdf

Author : Celia E. Schultz,Allen M. Ward,F. M. Heichelheim,C. A. Yeo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351754705

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A History of the Roman People by Celia E. Schultz,Allen M. Ward,F. M. Heichelheim,C. A. Yeo Pdf

A History of the Roman People offers students a comprehensive, up-to-date, readable introduction to the whole span of Roman history. Richly illustrated, this fully updated volume takes readers through the mists of Roman prehistory and a survey of the peoples of pre-Roman Italy to a balanced, thoughtful account of the complexities of the Roman Republic, its evolution into a full-fledged empire, and its ultimate decline. This latest edition enhances the political narrative with explorations of elements of daily life in the Roman world. New features in this edition include: Addition of boxes that expand on interesting elements of Roman culture mentioned only in passing in the main text. The visual arrangement of the text helps students bear in mind what is supplemental to the central narrative Increased emphasis on the contributions of women to Roman society and in religious matters Incorporation of recent archaeological finds and current debates A History of the Roman People is an excellent introduction for those with no background in Roman history. Its clear, accessible language makes it perfect for undergraduate readers in courses on Roman history and Roman culture. More experienced students wanting to expand their knowledge will also find it a rich resource for the full sweep of Roman antiquity.

Author : Robert B. Kebric
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSC:32106017872182

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Roman People by Robert B. Kebric Pdf

Roman People explains the ancient classical Roman world by focusing on individual personalities--what is known about them and their world views. Both famous and everyday individuals become lenses through which the reader can understand the values and characteristics of ancient Rome.

Author : Allen M. Ward,Fritz M. Heichelheim,Cedric A. Yeo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315511207

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History of the Roman People by Allen M. Ward,Fritz M. Heichelheim,Cedric A. Yeo Pdf

A History of the Roman People provides a comprehensive analytical survey of Roman history from its prehistoric roots in Italy and the wider Mediterranean world to the dissolution of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity ca. A.D. 600. Clearly organized and highly readable, the text's narrative of major political and military events provides a chronological and conceptual framework for chapters on social, economic, and cultural developments of the periods covered. Major topics are treated separately so that students can easily grasp key concepts and ideas.

Author : Eva March Tappan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Rome
ISBN : UCAL:$B196003

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The Story of the Roman People by Eva March Tappan Pdf

"How a village kingdom became a mighty republic, how the republic became a world-embracing empire, how that empire, the dread and pride of its millions of subjects, fell so low as to become the sport of its own soldiers." -- Preface.

Author : Robert Morstein-Marx
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108837842

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Julius Caesar and the Roman People by Robert Morstein-Marx Pdf

Reinterprets Julius Caesar not as an autocrat seeking to overthrow the Roman Republic, but as an unusually successful political leader.

Author : T. P. Wiseman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781802079326

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Unwritten Rome by T. P. Wiseman Pdf

In Unwritten Rome, a new book by the author of Myths of Rome, T.P. Wiseman presents us with an imaginative and appealing picture of the early society of pre-literary Rome—as a free and uninhibited world in which the arts and popular entertainments flourished. This original angle allows the voice of the Roman people to be retrieved empathetically from contemporary artefacts and figured monuments, and from selected passages of later literature.How do you understand a society that didn’t write down its own history? That is the problem with early Rome, from the Bronze Age down to the conquest of Italy around 300 BC. The texts we have to use were all written centuries later, and their view of early Rome is impossibly anachronistic. But some possibly authentic evidence may survive, if we can only tease it out – like the old story of a Roman king acting as a magician, or the traditional custom that may originate in the practice of ritual prostitution. This book consists of eighteen attempts to find such material and make sense of it.

Author : Victor Duruy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Rome
ISBN : PRNC:32101065414227

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History of Rome and the Roman People by Victor Duruy Pdf

Author : Victor Duruy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Rome
ISBN : WISC:89095902912

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History of Rome, and of the Roman People by Victor Duruy Pdf

Author : Victor Duruy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Rome
ISBN : UVA:X001065729

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History of Rome, and of the Roman People, from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire by Victor Duruy Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004352612

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Citizens in the Graeco-Roman World by Anonim Pdf

The twelve studies contained in this volume discuss some key-aspects of citizenship from its emergence in Archaic Greece until the Roman period before AD 212, when Roman citizenship was extended to all the free inhabitants of the Empire. The book explores the processes of formation and re-formation of citizen bodies, the integration of foreigners, the question of multiple-citizenship holders and the political and philosophical thought on ancient citizenship. The aim is that of offering a multidisciplinary approach to the subject, ranging from literature to history and philosophy, as well as encouraging the reader to integrate the traditional institutional and legalistic approach to citizenship with a broader perspective, which encompasses aspects such as identity formation, performative aspect and discourse of citizenship.

Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015048748159

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Roman Drama and Roman History by Timothy Peter Wiseman Pdf

In this sequel to Historiography And Imagination (UEP 1994), Professor Wiseman explores the question of how the Romans understood their own past and the role of early drama in generating and transmitting legends. The first six of the book's twelve essays are concerned with stories and scenarios in the surviving literature which are best explained as having been first created for the stage. The other essays discuss the family traditions of Roman aristocrats, the rites of spring enjoyed by the Roman plebs, the use of Roman history in the radical politics of the nineteenth century, and how a great modern Roman historian exploited the novelist's art. The book is designed to be accessible to anyone with an interest in the ancient world, and all Latin and Greek is translated.