| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
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Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Representing the res publica -- Rome, its magistrates, and its empire -- Rome and its Italy -- The augurs and their spaces -- Sciences of the center -- Laws, decrees, edicts, and their spaces. |
| Summary |
"Rather than trying to understand the [Roman] Empire through the lens of modern organizations and institutions, Gargola looks at the idiosyncratic way the elite viewed the geographical world around them and how it fundamentally informed the way they ruled over their dominion. From what geometrical patterns they preferred to how they constructed their hierarchies in space, Gargola brings together a wide body of disparate materials to demonstrate how spatial orientation dictated action"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- Politics and government.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Politics and government. |
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Space perception -- Rome -- History.
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Public spaces -- Rome -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gargola, Daniel J. Shape of the Roman order. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469631820 (DLC) 2016036907 (OCoLC)956583956 |
| ISBN |
9781469631837 (electronic book) |
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1469631830 (electronic book) |
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9781469631820 |
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1469631822 |
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