Triumph in defeat : military loss in the Roman Republic / / Jessica H. Clark
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| Autore: |
Clark Jessica Homan <1980->
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| Titolo: |
Triumph in defeat : military loss in the Roman Republic / / Jessica H. Clark
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 937/.02 |
| Soggetto topico: | War and civilization - Rome |
| Defeat (Psychology) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C |
| Rome History, Military 265-30 B.C | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Triumph in defeat |
| ISBN: | 0-19-937691-3 |
| 0-19-933655-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996215839803316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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