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Triumph in defeat : military loss in the Roman Republic / Jessica H. Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Jessica Homan, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and civilization--Rome.
- War and civilization.
- Defeat (Psychology).
- Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why should we investigate the defeats of a society that almost never lost a war? In this book, Jessica H. Clark answers this question by showing what responses to defeat can tell us about the Roman definition of victory. The text traces Roman responses to the Second Punic War, showing the extent to which Rome's reputation as an inevitable military victor was constructed by political discourse.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- When in Rome : remembering and reevaluating defeat
- Costs and benefits : winning the Second Punic War
- Managing defeat : the Senate and the triumph, 201-167
- Alternative endings : responding to repeated defeat, 156-130
- Bad politics : defeats, nobility, and new men, 120-102
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-937691-3
- 0-19-933655-5
- OCLC:
- 922972997
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