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The Roman World of Dio Chrysostom

Author : Christopher Prestige Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Roman World of Dio Chrysostom written by Christopher Prestige Jones and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek orator Dio Chrysostom is a colorful figure, and along with Plutarch one of the major sources of information about Greek civilization during the early Roman Empire. C.P. Jones offers here the first full-length portrait of Dio in English and, at the same time, a view of life in cities such as Alexandria, Tarsus, and Rhodes in the first centuries of our era. Skillfully combining literary and historical evidence, Mr. Jones describes Dio's birthplace, education, and early career. He examines the civic speeches for what they reveal about Dio's life and art, as well as the life, thought, and language of Greek cities in this period. From these and other works he reinterprets Dio's attitude toward the emperors and Rome. The account is as lucid and pleasantly written as it is carefully documented.

Dio Chrysostom Orations VII, XII, and XXXVI

Author : Dio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521376969
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book Dio Chrysostom Orations VII, XII, and XXXVI written by Dio and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dio Chrysostom

Author : Simon Swain
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199255214
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Dio Chrysostom written by Simon Swain and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dio Chrysostom is a major representative of the flourishing world of the Greeks under Rome. He offers an impressive range of high-quality writing, social comment, and appraisal of Rome's Empire at its height. This volume presents eleven new assessments by an international team of experts who for the first time study Dio's politics alongside his philosophy and writing.

Rethinking the Gods

Author : Peter van Nuffelen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113950343X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the Gods written by Peter van Nuffelen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the usual perspective of the history of religion, but as part of the wider tendency of Post-Hellenistic philosophy to open up to external, non-philosophical sources of knowledge and authority. It situates two key themes, ancient wisdom and cosmic hierarchy, in the context of Post-Hellenistic philosophy and traces their reconfigurations in contemporary literature and in the polemic between Jews, Christians and pagans. Overall, Post-Hellenistic philosophy displayed a relatively high degree of unity in its ideas on religion, which should not be reduced to a preparation for Neoplatonism.

Who's who in the Roman World

Author : John Hazel
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415291620
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Who's who in the Roman World written by John Hazel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging bibliographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. This is an authoratative and hugely enjoyable guide to figures from all walks of Roman life, from Emperors to generals, from politicians to thieves.

Empire of Honour

Author : J. E. Lendon
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199247639
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis Empire of Honour by : J. E. Lendon

Download or read book Empire of Honour written by J. E. Lendon and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. E. Lendon offers a new interpretation of how the Roman empire worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shard by rulers and ruled. The competitive Roman and Greek aristocrats of the empire conceived of their relative standing in terms of public esteem or honour, and conceived of their cities - toward which they felt a warm patriotism - as entities locked in a parallel struggle for primacy in honour over rivals. Emperors and provincial governors exploited these rivalries to gain the indispensable co-operation of local magnates by granting honours to individuals and their cities. Since rulers strove for honour as well, their subjects manipulated them with honours in their turn. Honour - whose workings are also traced in the Roman army - served as a way of talking and thinking about Roman government: it was both a species of power, and a way - connived in by rulers and ruled - of concealing the terrible realities of imperial rule. -- Book Cover

Clemency & Cruelty in the Roman World

Author : Melissa Barden Dowling
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472115150
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Clemency & Cruelty in the Roman World written by Melissa Barden Dowling and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the formation of clemency as a human and social value in the Roman Empire

The Use of Sacred Books in the Ancient World

Author : Leonard Victor Rutgers
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042906969
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis The Use of Sacred Books in the Ancient World by : Leonard Victor Rutgers

Download or read book The Use of Sacred Books in the Ancient World written by Leonard Victor Rutgers and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume a number of scholars from Israel, the USA, and England have joined forces with the well-known Utrecht University Research Unit "The Cultural Milieu of Early Christianity" to investigate in an unprecendently interdisciplinary fashion how sacred books functioned in pagan, Jewish, and Christian circles. The 16 essays cover a wide range of topics including a discussion of emergence of canonical scriptures in late antiquity, an investigation of parallels between exegesis of Homer by the Greeks and that of the Bible by the Jews, a study of the rise of Virgil's Aeneid to the status of "canonical" book; a discussion of the use of sacred books as instant oracles; an investigation of the role of the Bible in polemics between Jews and Christians; an analysis of the wide variety of quotation formula's used by New Testament authors, a discussion of the role of biblical interpretation in the thought world of Jesus' brother, James; an investigation of the function of Scripture in the midrash Aggadat Bereshit, and other topics.

The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic

Author : Daniel S. Richter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199837473
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic written by Daniel S. Richter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remains a matter of legitimate contestation. This Handbook offers a diversity of scholarly voices that attempt to define the state of this developing field. Included are chapters that offer practical guidance on the wide range of valuable textual materials that survive, many of which are useful or even core to inquiries of particularly current interest (e.g., gender studies, cultural history of the body, sociology of literary culture, history of education and intellectualism, history of religion, political theory, history of medicine, cultural linguistics, intersection of the classical traditions and early Christianity).

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World

Author : John Boardman
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780192854360
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World written by John Boardman and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romans succeeded in less than fifty-three years in subjecting almost the whole inhabited world of their rule. This book tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries AD. It also discusses some aspects of the later Empire and its influence on western civilizations, not least through the adoption of Christianity. Chapters dealing with social and political history are interspersed with chapters on literature, philosophy, and the arts: the conquests of Rome; Roman Emperors; Plautus, Terence, Virgil and Roman literature; Roman historians such as Tacitus and Livy; Stoicism and Scepticism; and Roman art and architecture are among the topics dealt with. The historical framework of the book is reinforced by maps and chronological charts; there are bibliographies and a full index; and the book is profusely and aptly illustrated with colour and black-and-white illustrations.

Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia

Author : Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia written by Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most studies of Roman local administration focus on the formal structures of power: imperial laws, urban institutions and magistracies. This book explores the interplay of formal power with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism and personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minor from the first to the fifth centuries AD. Through a detailed analysis of the municipal speeches and career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos, we gain new in-depth insight into the petty conflicts and lofty ambitions of an ancient provincial small-town politician and those around him. The author concludes that Roman local politics were rarely concerned with political issues but more often with social status and the desire for recognition within an agonistic society.

Roman Social History

Author : Tim Parkin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134091249
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Roman Social History written by Tim Parkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Sourcebook contains a comprehensive collection of sources on the topic of the social history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the first two centuries AD. Designed to form the basis for courses in Roman social history, this excellent resource covers original translations from sources such as inscriptions, papyri, and legal texts. Topics include: social inequality and class games, gladiators and attitudes to violence the role of slaves in Roman society economy and taxation the Roman legal system the Roman family and gender roles. Including extensive explanatory notes, maps and bibliographies, this Sourcebook is the ideal resource for all students and teachers embarking on a course in Roman social history.

The Politics of Peace

Author : Te-Li Lau
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004180540
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Peace written by Te-Li Lau and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although scholarship has noted the thematic importance of peace in Ephesians, few have examined its political character in a sustained manner throughout the entire letter. This book addresses this lacuna, comparing Ephesians with Colossians, Greek political texts, Dio Chrysostom’s Orations, and the Confucian Four Books in order to ascertain the rhetorical and political nature of its topos of peace. Through comparison with analogous documents both within and without its cultural milieu, this study shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter “concerning peace” within the church. Its vision of peace contains common political elements (such as moral education, household management, communal stability, a universal humanity, and war) that are subsumed under the controlling rubric of the unity and cosmic summing up of all things in Christ.

War and Society in the Roman World

Author : Dr John Rich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000158810
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book War and Society in the Roman World written by Dr John Rich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizenry; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was confined to professional soldiers, and to the Late Empire and the Roman army's eventual failure.

From Polis to Empire--The Ancient World, c. 800 B.C. - A.D. 500

Author : Andrew G. Traver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313016569
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book From Polis to Empire--The Ancient World, c. 800 B.C. - A.D. 500 written by Andrew G. Traver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the very beginnings of Western civilization, this biographical dictionary introduces readers to the great cultural figures of the ancient world, including those who contributed significantly to architecture, astronomy, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, painting, sculpture, and theology. While focusing on great cultural figures of the Mediterranean basin, such as Homer, Sophocles, and Aristophanes, the volume also includes those who impinged on Greco-Roman Civilization such as Hannibal Barca and King Darius of Persia. Showing how the era's intellectual milieu was interwoven with its political agenda, the book also includes entries on major political and military figures, pointing to their cultural as well as their political contributions. With 480 entries, the book is an excellent basic reference for students seeking an understanding of the ancient world. Going from polis to empire, the years from 800 BC to AD 500 include the archaic period of the eastern Mediterranean, the Greek classical period, the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, and Rome's evolution from a republic to an empire dominating the entire Western world. A Jewish carpenter, living at the edge of the Roman Empire, preached a message with profound implications for the Roman State and Western religion. Providing a quick and easy reference to people who lived in this world, this book profiles the men and women who contributed to the development, growth, and culture of Western civilization. Most of the subjects were native to the Mediterranean basin, including Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, southern Gaul, Spain, North Africa, and Phoenicia, but the book also includes important Persians, Celts, Germanic peoples, and Huns. The book provides valuable background information for anyone interested in the birth of Western culture.

Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire

Author : Jason König
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521838450
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire written by Jason König and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examination of Greek athletics in the Roman Empire and how they were represented in the literature of the period.

The Ethics of the Enactment and Reception of Cruciform Love

Author : John Frederick
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 316155261X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of the Enactment and Reception of Cruciform Love written by John Frederick and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back cover: In this book, John Frederick critiques the view that Paul was operating from a Hellenistic understanding of moral formation. Rather, the ethics of Colossians were derived from the Jewish Two Ways tradition reinterpreted through a theology of Christ-like transformation through the enactment and reception of cruciform love.