The topography of violence in the Greco-Roman world / Werner Riess and Garrett G. Fagan, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riess, Werner.

Fagan, Garrett G., 1963-2017.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Greece--History--To 1500.

Violence.

Violence--Rome.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

History.

Greece.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What soldiers do on the battlefield or boxers do in the ring would be treated as criminal acts if carried out in an everyday setting. Perpetrators of violence in the classical world knew this and chose their venues and targets with care: killing Julius Caesar at a meeting of the Senate was deliberate. That location asserted Senatorial superiority over a perceived tyrant, and so proclaimed the pure republican principles of the assassins. The contributors to The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World take on a task not yet addressed in classical scholarship: they examine how topography shaped the perception and interpretation of violence in Greek and Roman antiquity. After an introduction explaining the "spatial turn" in the theoretical study of violence, "paired" chapters review political assassination, the battlefield, violence against women and slaves, and violence at Greek and Roman dinner parties. No other book either adopts the spatial theoretical framework or pairs the examination of different classes of violence in classical antiquity in this way. Both undergraduate and graduate students of classics, history, and political science will benefit from the collection, as will specialists in those disciplines. The papers are original and stimulating, and they are accessible to the educated general reader with some grounding in classical history.

Contents:

Part 1 The Greek World

1 Xenophon and the Muleteer: Hubris, Retaliation, and the Purposes of Shame / David D. Phillips Phillips, David D. 19

2 The Spartan Krypteia / Matthew Trundle Trundle, Matthew 60

3 Where to Kill in Classical Athens: Assassinations, Executions, and the Athenian Public Space / Werner Riess Riess, Werner 77

4 The Crime That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Violence against Women in the Athenian Courts / Rosanna Omitowoju Omitowoju, Rosanna 113

5 Violence against Slaves in Classical Greece / Peter Hunt Hunt, Peter 136

6 The Greek Battlefield: Classical Sparta and the Spectacle of Hoplite Warfare / Ellen Millender Millender, Ellen 162

7 Violence at the Symposion / Oswyn Murray Murray, Oswyn 195

Part 2 The Roman World

8 The Topography of Roman Assassination, 133 BCE-222 CE / Josiah Osgood Osgood, Josiah 209

9 Urban Violence: Street, Forum, Bath, Circus, and Theater / Garrett G. Fagan Fagan, Garrett G. 231

10 Violence against Women in Ancient Rome: Ideology versus Reality / Serena S. Witzke Witzke, Serena S. 248

11 Violence and the Roman Slave / Noel Lenski Lenski, Noel 275

12 The Roman Battlefield: Individual Exploits in Warfare of the Roman Republic / Graeme Ward Ward, Graeme 299

13 War as Theater, from Tacitus to Dexippus / David Potter Potter, David 325

14 Manipulating Space at the Roman Arena / Garrett G. Fagan Fagan, Garrett G. 349

15 Party Hard: Violence in the Context of Roman Cenae / John Donahue Donahue, John 380.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472119820

9780472121830

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.8769247

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