Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
From Imperium To Auctoritas By Michael Grant
Download From Imperium To Auctoritas By Michael Grant full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online From Imperium To Auctoritas By Michael Grant ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Book Synopsis Art in the Roman Empire by : Michael Grant
Download or read book Art in the Roman Empire written by Michael Grant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellery and silverware, to give a unique insight into the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Art in the Roman Empire shows how many of the most impressive masterpieces were produced outside Rome, on the frontiers of its enormous empire.
Download or read book Behold the Man written by Colleen Conway and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Colleen Conway looks at the construction of masculinity in New Testament depictions of Jesus. She argues that the New Testament writers necessarily engaged the predominant gender ideology of the Roman Empire, whether consciously or unconsciously. Although the notion of what constituted ideal masculinity in Greek and Roman cultures certainly pre-dated the Roman Empire, the emergence of the Principate concentrated this gender ideology on the figure of the emperor. Indeed, critical to the success of the empire was the portrayal of the emperor as the ideal man and the Roman citizen as one who aspired to be the same. Any person who was held up alongside the emperor as another source of authority would be assessed in terms of the cultural values represented in this Roman image of the "manly man." Conway examines a variety of ancient ideas of masculinity, as found in philosophical discourses, medical treaties, imperial documents, and ancient inscriptions. Manliness, in these accounts, was achieved through self-control over passions such as lust, anger, and greed. It was also gained through manly displays of courage, the endurance of pain, and death on behalf of others. With these texts as a starting point, Conway shows how the New Testament writings approach Jesus' gender identity. From Paul's early letters to the Gospels and Acts, to the book of Revelation, Christian writings in the Bible confront the potentially emasculating scandal of the cross and affirm Jesus as ideally masculine. Conway's study touches on such themes as the relationship between divinity and masculinity; the role of the body in relation to gender identity; and belief in Jesus as a means of achieving a more ideal form of masculinity. This impeccably researched and highly readable book reveals the importance of ancient gender ideology for the interpretation of Christian texts.
Book Synopsis Del imperium de Pompeyo a la auctoritas de Augusto by : María Paz García-Bellido
Download or read book Del imperium de Pompeyo a la auctoritas de Augusto written by María Paz García-Bellido and published by Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Del “imperium a la auctoritas” es un homenaje a Michael Grant, quien en 1946 publicaba su célebre libro sobre la oscura historia romana entre César y Augusto, basado esencialmente en las emisiones monetarias imperiales de Ae. “From Imperium to Auctoritas” es un libro que ha provocado múltiples replanteamientos y un avance importante en el conocimiento de este periodo. Las novedades surgidas en diferentes disciplinas epigráficas, literarias y arqueológicas, las mismas que utilizó M. Grant para arropar sus propuestas numismáticas, han dado lugar a la organización de un coloquio celebrado en Zaragoza en mayo del 2007. Este libro recoge las aportaciones de tal coloquio unido a contribuciones posteriores con el objeto de presentar novedades arqueológicas y replanteamientos históricos valiosos sobre este periodo.
Book Synopsis The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene by : Duane W Roller
Download or read book The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene written by Duane W Roller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Confucian China and its modern fate : a trilogy by : Joseph Richmond Levenson
Download or read book Confucian China and its modern fate : a trilogy written by Joseph Richmond Levenson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios by : Nicholas J. Molinari
Download or read book Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios written by Nicholas J. Molinari and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Potamikon, presents an investigation into the origin and identity of the man-faced bull, as well as a catalogue of coins.
Book Synopsis Confucian China and Its Modern Fate by : Joseph Richmond Levenson
Download or read book Confucian China and Its Modern Fate written by Joseph Richmond Levenson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change.
Book Synopsis Confucian China and its Modern Fate by : Joseph R. Levenson
Download or read book Confucian China and its Modern Fate written by Joseph R. Levenson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1964 These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume Two includes: · The Republic: Confucianism and Monarchism interwoven · Confucianism and Monarchy: The basic confrontation · The evolution of the Confucian Bureaucratic personality · The limits of despotic control · Monarch and people · The Taiping Relation to Confucianism · The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques
Book Synopsis The Birth of Territory by : Stuart Elden
Download or read book The Birth of Territory written by Stuart Elden and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political theory professor Stuart Elden explores the history of land ownership and control from the ancient to the modern world in The Birth of Territory. Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts such as sovereignty, rights, and justice. While territory continues to matter politically, and territorial disputes and arrangements are studied in detail, the concept of territory itself is often neglected today. Where did the idea of exclusive ownership of a portion of the earth’s surface come from, and what kinds of complexities are hidden behind that seemingly straightforward definition? The Birth of Territory provides a detailed account of the emergence of territory within Western political thought. Looking at ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and early modern thought, Stuart Elden examines the evolution of the concept of territory from ancient Greece to the seventeenth century to determine how we arrived at our contemporary understanding. Elden addresses a range of historical, political, and literary texts and practices, as well as a number of key players—historians, poets, philosophers, theologians, and secular political theorists—and in doing so sheds new light on the way the world came to be ordered and how the earth’s surface is divided, controlled, and administered. “The Birth of Territory is an outstanding scholarly achievement . . . a book that already promises to become a ‘classic’ in geography, together with very few others published in the past decades.” —Political Geography “An impressive feat of erudition.” —American Historical Review
Book Synopsis Studies in Roman Economic and Social History by : Paul Robinson Coleman-Norton
Download or read book Studies in Roman Economic and Social History written by Paul Robinson Coleman-Norton and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 23 essays on various aspects of Roman economic history.
Book Synopsis Roman Anniversary Issues by : Michael Grant
Download or read book Roman Anniversary Issues written by Michael Grant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1950, this book describes the relationship between important 'anniversary years' and the creation of Roman Imperial coins and medallions. The text was written by the renowned British classicist and numismatist Michael Grant (1914-2004). Numerous illustrative figures are included and detailed notes are incorporated throughout.
Book Synopsis Roman Coins and Public Life Under the Empire by : George M. Paul
Download or read book Roman Coins and Public Life Under the Empire written by George M. Paul and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opens windows into imperial policy and artistic taste
Download or read book Empire of Images written by Alyson Roy and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome was an empire of images, especially images that bolstered their imperial identity. Visual and material items portraying battles, myths, captives, trophies, and triumphal parades were particularly important across the Roman empire. But where did these images originate and what shaped them? Empire of Images explores the development of the Roman visual language of power in the Republic in Iberian Peninsula, the Gallic provinces, and Greece and Macedonia, centering the development of imperial imagery in overseas conquest. Drawing on a range of material evidence, this book argues that Roman imperial imagery developed through prolonged interaction with and adaptation by subjugated peoples. Despite their starring role in Roman imagery, the populations of Rome’s provinces continuously reinterpreted and reimagined Roman images of power to navigate their membership in the new imperial community, and in doing so, contributed to the creation of a universal visual language that continues to shape how Rome is understood.
Book Synopsis Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30BC by : John Morrison
Download or read book Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30BC written by John Morrison and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important study of the new types of warships which evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans in the fleets and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion. The book includes a catalogue and discussion of the iconography of the ships with over fifty illustrations from coins, sculptures and other objects. John Coates discusses reconstructions, crews, ships and tactics illuminated by the recent experiments with the reconstructed trireme Olympias . Complete with gazetteer, glossary, bibliography and indexes.
Book Synopsis American Journal of Philology by : Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
Download or read book American Journal of Philology written by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number includes "Reviews and book notices."
Book Synopsis Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, C. 82 B.C.--A.D. 480: History by : David L. Vagi
Download or read book Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, C. 82 B.C.--A.D. 480: History written by David L. Vagi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis The Frenzy of Renown by : Leo Braudy
Download or read book The Frenzy of Renown written by Leo Braudy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997-11-25 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Remarkably ambitious . . . an impressive tour de force.” —Washington Post Book World For Alexander the Great, fame meant accomplishing what no mortal had ever accomplished before. For Julius Caesar, personal glory was indistinguishable from that of Rome. The early Christians devalued public recognition, believing that the only true audience was God. And Marilyn Monroe owed much of her fame to the fragility that led to self-destruction. These are only some of the dozens of figures that populate Leo Braudy’s panoramic history of fame, a book that tells us as much about vast cultural changes as it does about the men and women who at different times captured their societies' regard. Spanning thousands of years and fields ranging from politics to literature and mass media, The Frenzy of Renown explores the unfolding relationship between the famous and their audiences, between fame and the representations that make it possible. Hailed as a landmark at its original publication and now reissued with a new Afterword covering the last tumultuous decade, here is a major work that provides our celebrity-obsessed, post-historical society with a usable past. “Expansive . . . Braudy excels at rocketing a general point into the air with the fuel of drama. ” —Harper's
