The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans : : The Gladiator and the Monster / / Carlin A. Barton.
This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 halftones |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- THE GLADIATOR -- THE MONSTER -- MODERN WORKS CITED -- INDEX |
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| Summary: | This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster." |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780691219677 9783110442496 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9780691219677?locatt=mode:legacy |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Carlin A. Barton. |