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The ordered day : quotidian time and forms of life in Ancient Rome / James Ker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ker, James, 1970- author.
- Series:
- Cultural histories of the ancient world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Time--Social aspects--Rome.
- Time.
- Time--Political aspects--Rome.
- Time perception--Rome.
- Time perception.
- Chronology, Roman.
- Rome--Social life and customs.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 458 pages) : illustrations (black and white.
- Other Title:
- Quotidian time and forms of life in Ancient Rome
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Part I: Ordering History
- In Search of Palamedes
- The Long-Legged Fly
- Telling Roman Time
- Part II: Ordering Lives
- Days in the Life
- Three Patterns to Live By
- Epicurean Days? Cicero and Horace
- Literary Days: Martial and Pliny the Younger
- Today in Retrospect: Seneca and Marcus Aurelius
- Part III: Ordering Knowledge
- Christian Roman Days
- La Vie Quodidienne à Rome
- Reading Roman Days in Modern Times.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781421445182 (electronic bk.)
- 1421445182 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99993338594
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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