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Roman villas in central Italy : a social and economic history /
This volume investigates the socio-economic role of elite villas in Roman Central Italy drawing on both documentary sources and material evidence. Through the composite picture emerging from the juxtaposition of literary texts and archaeological evidence, the book traces elite ideological attitudes...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Series: | Columbia studies in the classical tradition ;
v. 30. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This volume investigates the socio-economic role of elite villas in Roman Central Italy drawing on both documentary sources and material evidence. Through the composite picture emerging from the juxtaposition of literary texts and archaeological evidence, the book traces elite ideological attitudes and economic behavior, caught between what was morally acceptable and the desire to invest capital intelligently. The analysis of the biases affecting the application of modern historiographical models to the interpretation of the archaeology frames the discussion on the identification of slave quar. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., Columbia University, 2004). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 823 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 797-816) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047421221 9047421221 1281921637 9781281921635 9786611921637 661192163X |