LEADER 05103nam 2200841Ia 450 001 9910457742103321 005 20210603032710.0 010 $a1-282-35923-1 010 $a9786612359231 010 $a0-520-93376-1 010 $a1-4337-0832-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520933767 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354326 035 $a(EBL)293838 035 $a(OCoLC)614488066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000116718 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128832 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116718 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036018 035 $a(PQKB)11604908 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC293838 035 $a(DE-B1597)518730 035 $a(OCoLC)145732394 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520933767 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL293838 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172697 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235923 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354326 100 $a20070119d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCaesar's calendar$b[electronic resource] $eancient time and the beginnings of history /$fDenis Feeney 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. ;$aLondon $cUniversity of California Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 225 1 $aSather classical lectures ;$vv. 65 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-25801-0 311 0 $a0-520-25119-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Synchronizing Times I: Greece and Rome --$t2. Synchronizing Times II: West and East, Sicily and the Orient --$t3. Transitions from Myth into History I: The Foundations of the City --$t4. Transitions from Myth into History II: Ages of Gold and Iron --$t5. Years, Months, and Days I: Eras and Anniversaries --$t6. Years, Months, and Days II: The Grids of the Fasti --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tIndex Locorum 330 $aThe ancient Romans changed more than the map of the world when they conquered so much of it; they altered the way historical time itself is marked and understood. In this brilliant, erudite, and exhilarating book Denis Feeney investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. Feeney welcomes the reader into a world where time was movable and changeable and where simply ascertaining a date required a complex and often contentious cultural narrative. In a style that is lucid, fluent, and graceful, he investigates the pertinent systems, including the Roman calendar (which is still our calendar) and its near perfect method of capturing the progress of natural time; the annual rhythm of consular government; the plotting of sacred time onto sacred space; the forging of chronological links to the past; and, above all, the experience of empire, by which the Romans meshed the city state's concept of time with those of the foreigners they encountered to establish a new worldwide web of time. Because this web of time was Greek before the Romans transformed it, the book is also a remarkable study in the cross-cultural interaction between the Greek and Roman worlds. Feeney's skillful deployment of specialist material is engaging and accessible and ranges from details of the time schemes used by Greeks and Romans to accommodate the Romans' unprecedented rise to world dominance to an edifying discussion of the fixed axis of B.C./A.D., or B.C.E./C.E., and the supposedly objective "dates" implied. He closely examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history, and concludes by demonstrating the impact of the reformed calendar on the way the Romans conceived of time's recurrence. Feeney's achievement is nothing less than the reconstruction of the Roman conception of time, which has the additional effect of transforming the way the way the reader inhabits and experiences time. 410 0$aSather classical lectures ;$vv. 65. 606 $aCalendar, Roman 606 $aTime$xSocial aspects$zRome 606 $aTime$xPolitical aspects$zRome 606 $aChronology, Roman 606 $aSynchronization 606 $aHistoriography$zRome 606 $aCity and town life$zRome 607 $aRome$xHistoriography 607 $aRome$xSocial life and customs 607 $aRome$xCivilization$xGreek influences 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCalendar, Roman. 615 0$aTime$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTime$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aChronology, Roman. 615 0$aSynchronization. 615 0$aHistoriography 615 0$aCity and town life 676 $a529.30937 700 $aFeeney$b D. C$01027714 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457742103321 996 $aCaesar's calendar$92443322 997 $aUNINA