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Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture
Alain M. Gowing
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hardcover. How the memory of the Roman Republic manifest itself after the Republic's demise. Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts. Num Pages: 194 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 315.
The memory of the Roman Republic exercised a powerful influence on several generations of Romans who lived under its political and cultural successor, the Principate or Empire. Empire and Memory explores how (and why) that memory manifested itself over the course of the early Principate. Making use of the close relationship between memoria and historia in Roman thought and drawing on modern studies of historical memory, this book offers case-studies of major imperial authors from the reign of Tiberius to that of Trajan (AD 14–117). The memory evident in literature is linked to that imprinted on Rome's urban landscape, with ... Read more
The memory of the Roman Republic exercised a powerful influence on several generations of Romans who lived under its political and cultural successor, the Principate or Empire. Empire and Memory explores how (and why) that memory manifested itself over the course of the early Principate. Making use of the close relationship between memoria and historia in Roman thought and drawing on modern studies of historical memory, this book offers case-studies of major imperial authors from the reign of Tiberius to that of Trajan (AD 14–117). The memory evident in literature is linked to that imprinted on Rome's urban landscape, with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Roman Literature and Its Contexts
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521836227
SKU
V9780521836227
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About Alain M. Gowing
Alain Gowing is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio (Ann Arbor, 1992) and is on the editorial board of both the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Classical Antiquity.
Reviews for Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture
'This is an intelligent and stimulating book. Original, concise and consistently well-written, it also has the theoretical depth which characterises the Roman Literature and its Contexts series.' Sehepunkte 'I thoroughly enjoyed reading and thoroughly recommend this book, with which [Gowing] provides a thoughtful and thought-provoking treatment of issues that concern classicists specifically and students of cultural memory in general.' Ben ... Read more