Representations of war in ancient Rome / edited by Sheila Dillon, Katherine E. Welch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dillon, Sheila.

Welch, Katherine E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War in art.

Arts and society--Rome.

Arts and society.

Arts, Roman--Themes, motives.

Arts, Roman.

War in literature.

Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

xiv, 365 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

War suffused Roman life to a degree unparalled in other ancient societies. Although the place of war in ancient Roman culture has been the subject of many studies, this book examines how Romans represented war, in both visual imagery and in literary accounts. Spanning a broad chronological range, from the mid-fourth century BC to the third century AD, the essays in this volume consider audience reception, the reconstruction of display contexts, as well as the language of images, which could be either explicit or allusive in representations of war. They also analyze the construction of the Romans' view of themselves, their past, and their future.

Contents:

The transformation of victory into power / Tonio Hölscher

Siege narrative in Livy / Jonathan P. Roth

Roman aesthetics and the spoils of Syracuse / Myles McDonnell

Domi militiaeque : Roman domestic aesthetics and war booty in the Republic / Katherine E. Welch

The origins of the Roman scaenae frons and the architecture of triumphal games in the second century B.C. / Laura S. Klar

The bringer of victory : imagery and institutions at the advent of empire / Michael Koortbojian

Conquest and desire : Roman Victoria in public and provincial sculpture / Rachel Kousser

Women on the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and the visual language of Roman victory / Sheila Dillon

Battle imagery and politics on the Severan Arch in the Roman Forum / Susann Lusnia

Readings in the narrative literature of Roman courage / William V. Harris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-348) and index.

ISBN:

0521848172

OCLC:

60664402

Publisher Number:

9780521848176

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