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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454273503321

Autore

Östenberg Ida

Titolo

Staging the world [[electronic resource] ] : spoils, captives, and representations in the Roman triumphal procession / / Ida Östenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-26849-X

9786612268496

0-19-156878-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in ancient culture

Disciplina

394.50937

Soggetti

Processions - Rome

Triumph

Electronic books.

Rome Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Spoils; 3. Captives; 4. Representations; 5. Staging the World; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An illustrated study of the Roman triumphal procession which asks the questions: What was displayed? How was it paraded? What was the response? Ida Ostenberg analyses the stories the Roman triumph told about the defeated and the ideas it transmitted about Rome itself. - ;Staging the World is an illustrated study of the Roman triumphal procession in its capacity as spectacle and performance. Ida Ostenberg analyses how Rome presented and perceived the defeated on parade. Spoils, captives, and representations are the objects, and the basic questions to be asked concern both contents and context: