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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815582303321

Autore

O'Sullivan Timothy M. <1975->

Titolo

Walking in Roman culture / / Timothy M. O'Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-107-22004-1

1-139-14001-9

1-283-31664-1

1-139-13928-2

9786613316646

1-139-14506-1

1-139-14086-8

1-139-13773-5

0-511-73323-2

1-139-14174-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

937

Soggetti

Walking - Rome - History

Walking - Social aspects - Rome - History

Walking - Rome - Psychological aspects - History

Identity (Psychology) - Rome - History

Group identity - Rome - History

City and town life - Rome - History

Walking in literature

Latin literature - History and criticism

Rome Social life and customs

Rome (Italy) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-175) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The art of walking -- Seneca on the mind in motion -- Urban walkers on display -- Cicero's legs -- Theoretical travels -- Walking with Odysseus.



Sommario/riassunto

Walking served as an occasion for the display of power and status in ancient Rome, where great men paraded with their entourages through city streets and elite villa owners strolled with friends in private colonnades and gardens. In this book-length treatment of the culture of walking in ancient Rome, Timothy O'Sullivan explores the careful attention which Romans paid to the way they moved through their society. He employs a wide range of literary, artistic and architectural evidence to reveal the crucial role that walking played in the performance of social status, the discourse of the body and the representation of space. By examining how Roman authors depict walking, this book sheds new light on the Romans themselves - not only how they perceived themselves and their experience of the world, but also how they drew distinctions between work and play, mind and body, and Republic and Empire.