<i>A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome</i> provides a systematic and comprehensive examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural nuances of the Flavian Age (69โ96 CE).<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Includes contributions from over two dozen Classical Studies scholars organized int
A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome
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- Publisher
- Wiley;Blackwell
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 627
- Series
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world
- Edition
- Enhanced Credo edition
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Preliminary: Sources and evidence -- Dynasty: The remarkable rise of the Flavians; The Emperor Vespasian; The Emperor Titus; The Emperor Domitian; Imperial image-making; Public images of the Flavian Dynasty: sculpture and coinage; Remaking Rome; The Flavians and the Senate -- Empire: The economic impact of Flavian rule; Frontiers, security, and military policy; Centers and peripheries; Flavian Judea; Flavian Britain -- Societies and cultures: Foreigners and Flavians: prejudices and engagements; Women in Flavian Rome; Education in the Flavian Age; Flavian Pompeii: restoration and renewal; The aesthetics of the everyday in Flavian art and literature; Flavian spectacle: paradox and wonder; Literary culture -- Literature: Epic poetry: historicizing the Flavian epics; Epigram and occasional poetry: social life and values in Martial's epigrams and Statius' Silvae; Latin prose literature: author and authority in the prefaces of Pliny and Quintilian; Flavian Greek literature; Lost literature -- Reception: The Flavian legacy; Vesuvius and Pompeii; Reception of Flavian literature -- Chronology -- Demographic and other estimates -- Flavian Legionary dispositions -- Lex de Imperio Vespasiani -- Glossary of terms and expressions.;A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome provides a systematic and comprehensive examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural nuances of the Flavian Age (69-96 CE).
โฆ Table of Contents
List of illustrations --
Notes on contributors --
Acknowledgments --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
Part I. Preliminary: Sources and evidence --
Dynasty: The remarkable rise of the Flavians
The Emperor Vespasian
The Emperor Titus
The Emperor Domitian
Imperial image-making
Public images of the Flavian Dynasty: sculpture and coinage
Remaking Rome
The Flavians and the Senate --
Empire: The economic impact of Flavian rule
Frontiers, security, and military policy
Centers and peripheries
Flavian Judea
Flavian Britain --
Societies and cultures: Foreigners and Flavians: prejudices and engagements
Women in Flavian Rome
Education in the Flavian Age
Flavian Pompeii: restoration and renewal
The aesthetics of the everyday in Flavian art and literature
Flavian spectacle: paradox and wonder
Literary culture --
Literature: Epic poetry: historicizing the Flavian epics
Epigram and occasional poetry: social life and values in Martial's epigrams and Statius' Silvae
Latin prose literature: author and authority in the prefaces of Pliny and Quintilian
Flavian Greek literature
Lost literature --
Reception: The Flavian legacy
Vesuvius and Pompeii
Reception of Flavian literature --
Chronology --
Demographic and other estimates --
Flavian Legionary dispositions --
Lex de Imperio Vespasiani --
Glossary of terms and expressions.
โฆ Subjects
History;Electronic books;Rome -- History -- Titus, 79-81;Rome -- History -- Vespasian, 69-79;Rome -- History -- Domitian, 81-96;Rome -- History -- Civil War, 68-69;Rome (Empire)
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