LEADER 03039oam 2200553zu 450 001 9910496140603321 005 20210803233720.0 010 $a0-520-91969-6 010 $a0-585-16028-7 010 $z0520210271 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520919693 035 $a(CKB)110989862155162 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000249570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12093285 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228383 035 $a(PQKB)10156257 035 $a(DE-B1597)649291 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520919693 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110989862155162 100 $a20160829d1998 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpectacle and society in Livy's history /$fAndrew Feldherr 210 31$aBerkeley, Calif :$cUniversity of California Press,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-21027-1 311 $a0-520-21026-3 330 $aPublic spectacle-from the morning rituals of the Roman noble to triumphs and the shows of the Arena-formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. The historian Livy (c. 60 B.C.E.-17 C.E.), who provides our fullest description of Rome's early history, presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as something to be seen-a visual monument and public spectacle. Through analysis of several episodes in Livy's History, Andrew Feldherr demonstrates the ways in which Livy uses specific visual imagery to make the reader not only an observer of certain key events in Roman history but also a participant in those events. This innovative study incorporates recent literary and cultural theory with detailed historical analysis to put an ancient text into dialogue with contemporary discussions of visual culture.In Spectacle and Society in Livy's History, Feldherr shows how Livy uses the literary representation of spectacles from the Roman past to construct a new sense of civic identity among his readers. He offers a new way of understanding how Livy's technique addressed the political and cultural needs of Roman citizens in Livy's day. In addition to renewing our understanding of Livy through modern scholarship, Feldherr provides a new assessment of the historian's aims and methods by asking what it means for the historian to make readers spectators of history. 531 $aSPECTACLE & SOCIETY IN LIVY'S HISTORY 606 $aItaly$2HILCC 606 $aRegions & Countries - Europe$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 607 $aRome$xHistory 607 $aRome$xHistoriography 615 7$aItaly 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Europe 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 676 $a937 700 $aFeldherr$b Andrew$f1963-$0261210 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910496140603321 996 $aSpectacle and society in Livy's History$9704253 997 $aUNINA