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ROMAN DRAMA AND ROMAN HISTORY
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| By: |
T. P. Wiseman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0859895602 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780859895606 |
| Publisher: |
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1998 |
| Series: |
Exeter Studies in History S. |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
Explores the question of how the Romans understood their own past and the role of early drama in generating and transmitting legends. This book is designed to be accessible to anyone with an interest in the ancient world, and all Latin and Greek is translated. |
| Synopsis: |
In this sequel to Historiography And Imagination (UEP 1994), Professor Wiseman explores the question of how the Romans understood their own past and the role of early drama in generating and transmitting legends. The first six of the book's twelve essays are concerned with stories and scenarios in the surviving literature which are best explained as having been first created for the stage. The other essays discuss the family traditions of Roman aristocrats, the rites of spring enjoyed by the Roman plebs, the use of Roman history in the radical politics of the nineteenth century, and how a great modern Roman historian exploited the novelist's art. The book is designed to be accessible to anyone with an interest in the ancient world, and all Latin and Greek is translated. |
| Illustrations: |
notes index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
University of Exeter Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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