The Roman triumph

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Describes every major military campaign and victory in ancient Rome, explaining what the Roman triumph really looked like and what it symbolized.

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Full title :The Roman triumph / Mary Beard.

Summary

Describes every major military campaign and victory in ancient Rome, explaining what the Roman triumph really looked like and what it symbolized.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:434 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674026131, 0674026136, 9780674032187, 0674032187
oclc:ocm79861829
LC Classification:DG89
Dewey Decimal:394/.50937

Prologue: the question of triumph -- Pompey's finest hour? -- The impact of the triumph -- Constructions and reconstructions -- Captives on parade -- The art of representation -- Playing by the rules -- Playing God -- The boundaries of the ritual -- The triumph of history -- Epilogue: Rome, May 2006.

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Antiquities Culturele aspecten Défilés -- Rome Processions Processions -- Rome Rites and ceremonies Rites and ceremonies -- Historiography.… Rites and ceremonies -- Rome Rites et cérémonies -- Historiographie.… Rites et cérémonies -- Rome Romans -- Rites and ceremonies Rome Rome -- Antiquités militaires Rome -- Military antiquities Rome (Empire) Romeinse oudheid Römisches Reich Triomftochten Triomphe Triomphe -- Dans l'art