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The shape of the Roman order : the republic and its spaces / Daniel J. Gargola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gargola, Daniel J., author.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--Politics and government.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Politics and government.
- Space perception--Rome--History.
- Space perception.
- Public spaces--Rome--History.
- Public spaces.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 289 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Rather than trying to understand the [Roman] Empire through the lens of modern organizations and institutions, Gargola looks at the idiosyncratic way the elite viewed the geographical world around them and how it fundamentally informed the way they ruled over their dominion. From what geometrical patterns they preferred to how they constructed their hierarchies in space, Gargola brings together a wide body of disparate materials to demonstrate how spatial orientation dictated action"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Representing the res publica
- Rome, its magistrates, and its empire
- Rome and its Italy
- The augurs and their spaces
- Sciences of the center
- Laws, decrees, edicts, and their spaces.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469631820
- 1469631822
- OCLC:
- 956583956
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