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Record Nr.

UNISA996215839803316

Autore

Clark Jessica Homan <1980->

Titolo

Triumph in defeat : military loss in the Roman Republic / / Jessica H. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-937691-3

0-19-933655-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

937/.02

Soggetti

War and civilization - Rome

Defeat (Psychology)

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

Rome History, Military 265-30 B.C

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

Introduction -- When in Rome : remembering and reevaluating defeat -- Costs and benefits : winning the Second Punic War -- Managing defeat : the Senate and the triumph, 201-167 -- Alternative endings : responding to repeated defeat, 156-130 -- Bad politics : defeats, nobility, and new men, 120-102 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Why should we investigate the defeats of a society that almost never lost a war? In this book, Jessica H. Clark answers this question by showing what responses to defeat can tell us about the Roman definition of victory. The text traces Roman responses to the Second Punic War, showing the extent to which Rome's reputation as an inevitable military victor was constructed by political discourse.