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The Roman triumph / Mary Beard.
LIBRA DG89 .B43 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beard, Mary, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Triumph.
- Rites and ceremonies--Rome.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Processions--Rome.
- Processions.
- Rome--Military antiquities.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Triumph in art.
- Triumph in literature.
- Rites and ceremonies--Rome--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph--but also its darker side. Beard opens a window onto the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes "history."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [394]-417) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674026131
- 0674026136
- OCLC:
- 79861829
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