| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index. |
| Contents |
PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART 1 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IN ANCIENT ROME: HONOR AND EMBODIMENT IN A CONTEST CULTURE; PART 2 CONFESSION AND THE ROMAN SOUL; PART 3 ON THE WIRE: THE EXPERIENCE OF SHAME IN ANCIENT ROME; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latin literature -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature. |
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Honor in literature.
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Honor in literature. |
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National characteristics, Roman.
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National characteristics, Roman. |
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Honor -- Rome -- History.
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Historiography -- Rome.
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Rome -- Historiography.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Historiography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barton, Carlin A., 1948- Roman honor. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520225252 (DLC) 00037409 |
| ISBN |
9780520925649 (electronic book) |
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0520925645 (electronic book) |
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0585408424 (electronic book) |
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9780585408422 (electronic book) |
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9780520225251 (alkaline paper) |
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0520225252 (alkaline paper) |
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1597348759 |
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9781597348751 |
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