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Author Feeney, D. C.

Title Caesar's calendar : ancient time and the beginnings of history / Denis Feeney.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 372 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Sather classical lectures ; v. 65
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Sather classical lectures ; v. 65.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333) and indexes.
Contents Synchronising times I : Greece and Rome -- Synchronising times II : West and East, Sicily and the Orient -- Transitions from myth into history I : the foundations of the city -- Transitions from myth into history II : ages of gold and iron -- Years, months, and days I : eras and anniversaries -- Years, months, and days II : the grids of the Fasti.
Summary In this book Feeney investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power.
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Subject Calendar, Roman.
Calendar, Roman.
Time -- Social aspects -- Rome.
Time -- Political aspects -- Rome.
Chronology, Roman.
Chronology, Roman.
Synchronization.
Synchronization.
Historiography -- Rome.
Rome -- Historiography.
Rome (Empire)
Historiography.
Rome -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
City and town life -- Rome.
Rome -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
Civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Feeney, D.C. Caesar's calendar. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007 9780520251199 0520251199 (DLC) 2006023846 (OCoLC)70718287
ISBN 9780520933767 (electronic book)
0520933761 (electronic book)
9781429478113 (electronic book)
142947811X (electronic book)
1433708329 (electronic book)
9781433708329 (electronic book)
9780520251199 (cased)
0520251199 (cased)
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