Virtus romana : politics and morality in the Roman histories /
"Late Roman historians sought to respond to the present through the evaluation of the past. Historiography was, therefore, a prime site for defining Roman identity. One of the key concepts for historians was virtus (roughly, "manly courage"). As a political and moral concept, virtus w...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2017]
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Collection: | Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | "Late Roman historians sought to respond to the present through the evaluation of the past. Historiography was, therefore, a prime site for defining Roman identity. One of the key concepts for historians was virtus (roughly, "manly courage"). As a political and moral concept, virtus worked as a key idea in the complex system of Roman socio-cultural values, attitudes, and norms and was constantly being redefined and reinterpreted"-- |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781469635132 1469635135 9781469635149 1469635143 |