Virtus Romana : Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balmaceda, Catalina, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National characteristics, Roman.
Historiography.
Civilization.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Romains.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Civilisation.
Rome > Civilization.
Rome > Historiography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The concept of virtus
  • Virtus in Sallust
  • Virtus in Livy
  • Virtus in Velleius
  • Virtus in Tacitus.

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