Caesar in Gaul and Rome [[electronic resource] ] : war in words / / by Andrew M. Riggsby |
Autore | Riggsby Andrew M |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 936.4/02 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-292-79579-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452209203321 |
Riggsby Andrew M | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Caesar in Gaul and Rome : war in words / / Andrew M. Riggsby |
Autore | Riggsby Andrew M |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 936.4/02 |
ISBN | 0-292-79579-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777509103321 |
Riggsby Andrew M | ||
Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Caesar in Gaul and Rome : war in words / / Andrew M. Riggsby |
Autore | Riggsby Andrew M |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 936.4/02 |
ISBN | 0-292-79579-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Social Life of Texts -- The Composition of De Bello Gallico -- Reality and Representation -- 1. Where Was the Gallic War? -- Types of Space -- Geographic Space in De Bello Gallico -- Tactical Space, Surveying, and the Possession of Gaul -- 2. The "Other" and the Other "Other" -- The Ethnographic Tradition -- Caesar's Ethnography -- 3. Technology, Virtue, Victory -- Siegecraft in De Bello Gallico -- Virtus in De Bello Gallico -- The Gallic Assimilation of Virtus -- Conclusion -- 4. Alien Nation -- Playing the Cannibal -- Rhetorics of Empire -- What Is a Roman? -- 5. Formal Questions -- Who and What? -- To What End? -- Whose Voice? -- 6. Empire and the "Just War" -- The Theory of the Just War -- Just War Theory in the Real World -- Cicero's Textual Practice -- Caesar's Textual Practice -- 7. New and Improved, Sort Of -- Facing the Alternatives -- Comparanda -- How Does Caesar Compare? -- Propaganda -- Appendix A: Wars against "Barbarians" -- Appendix B: Generals' Inscriptions -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Appendix A -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813097903321 |
Riggsby Andrew M | ||
Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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