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The Roman Republic and political culture : German scholarship in translation / edited by Amy Russell, Brown University, Hans Beck, University of Münster ; translations by Kathrin Lüddecke, edited by Zara Chadha.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Classical scholarship in translation
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C--Historiography.
- Rome--Politics and government--510-30 B.C--Historiography.
- Political culture--Rome--Historiography.
- Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C--Study and teaching--Germany.
- Rome--Politics and government--510-30 B.C--Study and teaching--Germany.
- Political culture--Study and teaching--Rome--Germany.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Makes available in English translation a series of hugely influential articles about Roman Republican politics which were all originally published in German. Three new essays discuss the history of German scholarship on the Republic and its interactions with Anglophone research, and each piece is situated in its intellectual context"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Translating Roman Republican political culture / Amy Russell
- Politics and power in the Roman Republic: then and now, in old Europe and the brave new Anglophone world / Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp
- Perspectives from Germany / Harriet Flower
- Benevolence and freedom : Institutionalising the relations between upper and lower classes in the Roman Republic / Martin Jehne
- Capitol, comitium and forum : public spaces, sacred topography and landscapes of memory / Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp
- Face to face with the ancestors : Political monuments and public memory in Republican Rome / Tonio Hölscher
- Rituals of integration in the Roman Republic : On the integrative force of the popular assemblies / Martin Jehne
- The message of the medium : Historiography's potential to create meaning in the context of Roman history culture during the Republic / Uwe Walter
- The memoria of the gentes as the backbone of collective memory in Republican Rome / Wolfgang Blösel
- The ritual grammar of institutionalised politics / Egon Flaig
- Aristocratic roles and the crisis of the Roman Republic / Hans Beck
- Monuments and consensus : The precarious equilibrium of merit and power / Tonio Hölscher
- Publicity or participation? The role of the contiones in the middle and late Roman Republic / Claudia Tiersch.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781009515108
- 1009515101
- 9781009515139
- 1009515136
- OCLC:
- 1419866898
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