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Author : Robin Osborne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0521837693
A collection of innovative essays on major topics in ancient Greece and Rome, first published in 2004.
Author : Marguerite Johnson,Terry Ryan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415173310
This Sourcebook contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity. The detailed introduction provides full social and historical context for the sources, and guides students on how to use the material most effectively. Themes such as marriage, prostitution and same-sex attraction are presented comparatively, with material from the Greek and Roman worlds shown side by side. This approach allows readers to interpret the written records with a full awareness of the different context of these separate but related societies. Commentaries are provided throughout, focusing on vocabulary and social and historical context. This is the first major sourcebook on ancient sexuality; it will be of particular use on related courses in classics, ancient history and gender studies.
Author : Marguerite Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134689460
This Sourcebook contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity. The detailed introduction provides full social and historical context for the sources, and guides students on how to use the material most effectively. Themes such as marriage, prostitution and same-sex attraction are presented comparatively, with material from the Greek and Roman worlds shown side by side. This approach allows readers to interpret the written records with a full awareness of the different context of these separate but related societies. Commentaries are provided throughout, focusing on vocabulary and social and historical context. This is the first major sourcebook on ancient sexuality; it will be of particular use on related courses in classics, ancient history and gender studies.
Author : Mark Golden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521497906
Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups. Sport not only identified winners and losers. It also drew boundaries between groups (Greeks and barbarians, boys and men, males and females) and offered a field for debate on the relative worth of athletic and equestrian competition. The book includes guides to the ancient evidence and to modern scholarship on the subject.
Author : Lin Foxhall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107067028
This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and life-stage, as well as with individual choices, in the very different world of classical antiquity is fascinating in its own right. But later perceptions of ancient literature and art have profoundly influenced the development of gendered ideologies and hierarchies in the West, and influenced the study of gender itself. Questioning how best to untangle and interpret difficult sources is a key aim. This book exploits a wide range of archaeological, material cultural, visual, spatial, demographic, epigraphical and literary evidence to consider households, families, life-cycles and the engendering of time, legal and political institutions, beliefs about bodies, sex and sexuality, gender and space, the economic implications of engendered practices, and gender in religion and magic.
Author : Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Publisher : Other
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Patron and client
ISBN : UCAL:B4956476
Discussion of a subject central to the society of the ancient Mediterranean. Patronage in Ancient Society was awarded the Croom Helm Ancient History Prize for 1988.
Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107009158
An interdisciplinary study of the dynamic relationship between space and society through case studies across the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
Author : Peter Hunt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405188050
An exciting study of ancient slavery in Greece and Rome This book provides an introduction to pivotal issues in the study of classical (Greek and Roman) slavery. The span of topics is broad—ranging from everyday resistance to slavery to philosophical justifications of slavery, and from the process of enslavement to the decline of slavery after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The book uses a wide spectrum of types of evidence, and relies on concrete and vivid examples whenever possible. Introductory chapters provide historical context and a clear and concise discussion of the methodological difficulties of studying ancient slavery. The following chapters are organized around central topics in slave studies: enslavement, economics, politics, culture, sex and family life, manumission and ex-slaves, everyday conflict, revolts, representations, philosophy and law, and decline and legacy. Chapters open with general discussions of important scholarly controversies and the challenges of our ancient evidence, and case studies from the classical Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman periods provide detailed and concrete explorations of the issues. Organized by key themes in slave studies with in-depth classical case studies Emphasizes Greek/Roman comparisons and contrasts Features helpful customized maps Topics range from demography to philosophy, from Linear B through the fall of the empire in the west Features myriad types of evidence: literary, historical, legal and philosophical texts, the bible, papyri, epitaphs, lead letters, curse tablets, art, manumission inscriptions, and more Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery provides a general survey of classical slavery and is particularly appropriate for college courses on Greek and Roman slavery, on comparative slave societies, and on ancient social history. It will also be of great interest to history enthusiasts and scholars, especially those interested in slavery in different periods and societies.
Author : Meyer Reinhold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195349238
Professor Reinhold, a distinguished senior classicist, has produced a fascinating and accessible collection of essays devoted to the study of ancient history. Among the articles included are "The Generation Gap," a major survey exploring myths of the uprising of one generation against another; "Augustus' Conception of Himself," a detailed summary and interpretation of Augustus' life and career; and "The Declaration of War against Cleopatra," an investigation of the charge against Cleopatra that she betrayed her pledge to Rome as a client ruler. Taken together, these essays form a unified and coherent survey of ancient history that will appeal to a broad audience.
Author : Dennis P. Kehoe,Thomas McGinn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472130436
An engaging look at how ancient Greeks and Romans crafted laws that fit--and, in turn, changed--their worlds
Author : Tracey Elizabeth Rihll
Publisher : Shot Historical Perspectives o
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0872292010
This booklet provides an outline of the key technological developments in ancient Greek and Roman society, including the provision of food, water, and shelter, building, textiles, and mining and metallurgy, as well as the key economic mechanisms that supported those developments.
Author : Dr John Rich,Graham Shipley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000158809
The role of warfare is central to our understanding of the ancient Greek world. In this book and the companion work, War and Society in the Roman World, the wider social context of war is explored. This volume examines its impact on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors and discusses the significance of the causes and profits of war, the links between war, piracy and slavery, and trade, and the ideology of warfare in literature and sculpture.
Author : J. R. Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134968800
In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy. This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
Author : M.I. Finley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136505645
Originally published in 1978, this volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essays focus primarily on the Roman Empire, reflecting the increase, in British scholarship of the post-war years, of explanatory, ‘structuralist’ studies of this period in Roman history. The topics treated include Athenian politics, the Roman conquest of the east, violence in the later Roman Republic, the second Sophistic, and persecutions of the early Christians. The authors have all produced original studies, a number of which have generated significant research by other ancient historians.
Author : Filippo Carlà-Uhink,Lucia Cecchet,Carlos Machado
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000644999
This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups were affected by the lack of access to symbolic, cultural and social – as well as economic – capital. Collecting a wide range of studies by an international team of experts, it presents a diverse and complex analysis of life in antiquity, from the archaic to the late antique period. The sections on Greece, Rome, and Late Antiquity offer in-depth studies of ancient life, integrating analysis of socio-economic dynamics and cultural and discursive strategies that shaped this crucial element of ancient (and modern) societies. Themes like social cohesion and control, exclusion, gender, agency, and identity are explored through the combination of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence, presenting a rich panorama of Greco-Roman societies and a stimulating collection of new approaches and methodologies for their understanding. The book offers a comprehensive view of the ancient world, analysing different social groups – from wealthy elites to poor peasants and the destitute – and their interactions, in contexts as diverse as Classical Athens and Sparta, imperial Rome, and the late antique towns of Egypt and North Africa. Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome: Discourses and Realities is a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient history, classical literature, and archaeology. In addition, topics covered in the book are of interest to social scientists, scholars of religion, and historians working on poverty and social history in other periods.