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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455018103321

Autore

Barton Carlin A. <1948->

Titolo

Roman honor [[electronic resource] ] : the fire in the bones / / Carlin A. Barton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001

ISBN

0-520-92564-5

1-59734-875-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2020]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

870.9/353

Soggetti

Latin literature - History and criticism

Honor in literature

National characteristics, Roman

Honor - Rome - History

Electronic books.

Rome Historiography

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 (p. 297-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART 1 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IN ANCIENT ROME: HONOR AND EMBODIMENT IN A CONTEST CULTURE; PART 2 CONFESSION AND THE ROMAN SOUL; PART 3 ON THE WIRE: THE EXPERIENCE OF SHAME IN ANCIENT ROME; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans.