The history of make-believe : Tacitus on imperial Rome /
A theoretically sophisticated reading of Tacitus, especially the "Histories", this work points to a fresh understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire. It argues that Tacitus writes about the imaginary picture that imperial society makes of concrete conditions of existe...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2003.
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Colección: | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | A theoretically sophisticated reading of Tacitus, especially the "Histories", this work points to a fresh understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire. It argues that Tacitus writes about the imaginary picture that imperial society makes of concrete conditions of existence. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 231 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520929555 0520929551 1597349380 9781597349383 |