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Description for Severan Culture
hardcover. This book surveys the Severan period's many developments in literature, philosophy, religion, art, archaeology and culture. Editor(s): Elsner, Jas'; Harrison, Stephen; Swain, Simon. Num Pages: 604 pages, 112 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1344.
The Roman Empire during the reigns of Septimius Severus and his successors (AD 193–225) enjoyed a remarkably rich and dynamic cultural life. It saw the consolidation of the movement known as the second sophistic, which had flourished during the second century and promoted the investigation and reassessment of classical Greek culture. It also witnessed the emergence of Christianity on its own terms, in Greek and in Latin, as a major force extending its influence across literature, philosophy, theology, art and even architecture. This volume offers the first wide-ranging and authoritative survey of the culture of this fascinating period when the ... Read more
The Roman Empire during the reigns of Septimius Severus and his successors (AD 193–225) enjoyed a remarkably rich and dynamic cultural life. It saw the consolidation of the movement known as the second sophistic, which had flourished during the second century and promoted the investigation and reassessment of classical Greek culture. It also witnessed the emergence of Christianity on its own terms, in Greek and in Latin, as a major force extending its influence across literature, philosophy, theology, art and even architecture. This volume offers the first wide-ranging and authoritative survey of the culture of this fascinating period when the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521859820
SKU
V9780521859820
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99-6
About Simon Swain
Simon Swain is Professor of Classics at the University of Warwick. His recent publications include editing Bilingualism in Ancient Society (2002) (with J. N. Adams and M. Jase), Approaching Late Antiquity (2004) and Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam (2007). Stephen Harrison is Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the ... Read more
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"The twenty-six contributions...are of uniformly high quality."
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