The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the MonsterThis inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster." |
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Sommario
Despair The Scandal of the Arena | 11 |
Desire Wine Without Water | 47 |
Fascination A Vain Barren Exquisite Wasting | 85 |
Envy Part One Embracing the Monster | 107 |
Envy Part Two Striking the Monster | 145 |
Conclusions The Widening Gyre | 176 |
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The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster Carlin A. Barton Anteprima limitata - 1995 |
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| Titolo | The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster Book collections on Project MUSE History classics Princeton paperbacks. History, classics The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster, Carlin A. Barton |
| Autore | Carlin A. Barton |
| Edizione | illustrata, ristampa |
| Editore | Princeton University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0691010919, 9780691010915 |
| Lunghezza | 210 pagine |
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