Rituals of triumph in the Mediterranean world /
Societies, both ancient and modern, have frequently celebrated and proclaimed their military victories through overt public demonstrations. In the ancient world, however, the most famous examples of this come from a single culture and period - Rome in the final years of the Roman Republic and early...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
Series:
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
63.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.
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Call Number: DE84 .R57 2013
| Summary: | Societies, both ancient and modern, have frequently celebrated and proclaimed their military victories through overt public demonstrations. In the ancient world, however, the most famous examples of this come from a single culture and period - Rome in the final years of the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire - while those from other cultures - such as Egypt, Greece, Neo-Assyria, and indeed other periods of Roman history - are generally unexplored. The aim of this volume is to present a more complete study of this phenomenon and offer a series of cultural reactions to successful military actions by various peoples of the ancient Mediterranean world, illustrating points of similarity and diversity, and demonstrating the complex and multifaceted nature of this trans-cultural practice. \'The book nevertheless represents a valuable collection of papers on a not so widely researched topic and is clearly a stepping stone for further research as indeed the editors intended it to be.\' Uros Matic, Universitaet Muenster |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (v, 157 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004251175 |
| ISSN: | 1566-2055 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |