Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, Naoise Mac Sweeney
Автор: Greaves Alan M., Greaves Название: Land Ionia Nip ISBN: 1119025567 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781119025566 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3952.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: During the formative years of the archaic period, Ionia was one of the most important regions of the ancient world; however, Ionia s local identity has often been overlooked in scholarly works. This long overdue study of Archaic Ionia seeks to redress this omission.
Описание: Dealing with themes of urban planning, constitutionalism, utopianism and social construction theory, this book analyzes the city of Magnesia, Plato's second-best city-state in the Laws, as if it were an actual ancient city-state. The book details the demographics, economics, military capabilities and polity of Magnesia using (post)modern critical theory and contemporary data on ancient city-states. Examining the key features of the proposed city-state in detail, Kenneth Royce Moore considers Plato's proposed military as well as his invention of national service, and compares this with known militaries of the era. The author demonstrates that economic growth is not its priority, highly restricted with an aim toward stability rather than expansion. Moore also considers the Magnesian political system in the light of existing polities of the era, concluding that Magnesia will have a strikingly different form of government than any other actual city-state in antiquity, albeit derived in no small part from Athenian, Cretan and Spartan traditions. This book puts "flesh on the bones" of Plato's fictional utopia and reveals how surprisingly practical it could have been.
Автор: Drinkwater, John F. (university Of Nottingham) Название: Nero ISBN: 1108472648 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108472647 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Nero always attracts attention. This book, based on the most recent research and offering radically new interpretations of his character and reign - of the Fire, Christian `persecution`, the Golden House, and his `madness` - will appeal to every type of reader, academic and general.
Описание: During the formative years of the archaic period, Ionia was one of the most important regions of the ancient world; however, Ionia`s local identity has often been overlooked in scholarly works. This long overdue study of Archaic Ionia seeks to redress this omission.
Автор: Mac Sweeney Naoise Название: Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies: Dialogues and Discourses ISBN: 081224642X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812246421 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 10982.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Throughout the ancient world, origin stories were told across the ancient world in many different ways: through poetry, prose, monumental and decorative arts, and performance in civic and religious rituals. Foundation myths, particularly those about the beginnings of cities and societies, played an important role in the dynamics of identity construction and in the negotiation of diplomatic relationships between communities. Yet many ancient communities had not one but several foundation myths, offering alternative visions and interpretations of their collective origins. Seeking to explain this plurality, Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies explores origin stories from a range of classical and ancient societies, covering both a broad chronological span (from Greek colonies to the high Roman empire) and a wide geographical area (from the central Mediterranean to central Asia). Contributors explore the reasons several different, sometimes contradictory myths might coexist or even coevolve. Collectively, the chapters suggest that the ambiguity and dissonance of multiple foundation myths can sometimes be more meaningful than a single coherent origin narrative. Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies argues for a both/and approach to foundation myths, laying a framework for understanding them in dialogue with each other and within a wider mythic context, as part of a wider discourse of origins. Contributors: Lieve Donnellan, Alfred Hirt, Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Rachel Mairs, Irad Malkin, Daniel Ogden, Robin Osborne, Michael Squire, Susanne Turner.
Автор: Rosillo-Lopez Cristina Название: Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic ISBN: 1107145074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107145078 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15365.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in the politics of Late Republican Rome. It explores the political interaction (and sometimes opposition) between the elite and the people through rumours, gossip, political literature, popular verses and graffiti, and also argues for a wider conception of political participation by the people.
Автор: Hawthorn Название: Thucydides on Politics ISBN: 1107039169 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107039162 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12355.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This highly original and engaging perspective on Thucydides` understanding of practical politics explains how he presented the realities of politics and what makes his view distinctive, even from modern theories which claim an explicit connection with his work. The book offers new insights into ways of thinking about politics over time.
Описание: Since antiquity, Book 8 of Thucydides’ History has been considered an unpolished draft which lacks revision. Even those who admit that the book has some elements of internal coherence believe that Thucydides, if death had not prevented him, would have improved many chapters or even the whole structure of the book. Consequently, while the first seven books of the History have been well examined through the last two centuries, the narrative plan of Book 8 remains an obscure subject, as we do not possess an extensive and detailed presentation of its whole narrative design. Vasileios Liotsakis tries to satisfy this central desideratum of the Thucydidean scholarship by offering a thorough description of the compositional plan, which, in his opinion, Thucydides put into effect in the last 109 chapters of his work. His study elaborates on the structural parts of the book, their details, and the various techniques through which Thucydides composed his narration in order to reach the internal cohesion of these chapters as well as their close connection to the rest of the History. Liotsakis offers us an original approach not only of Book 8 but also of the whole work, since his observations reshape our overall view of the History.
Автор: Lenski Noel Название: Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics ISBN: 0812223683 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812223682 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6270.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Over the course of the fourth century, Christianity rose from a religion actively persecuted by the authority of the Roman empire to become the religion of state—a feat largely credited to Constantine the Great. Constantine succeeded in propelling this minority religion to imperial status using the traditional tools of governance, yet his proclamation of his new religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. His coins and inscriptions, public monuments, and pronouncements sent unmistakable signals to his non-Christian subjects that he was willing not only to accept their beliefs about the nature of the divine but also to incorporate traditional forms of religious expression into his own self-presentation. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski attempts to reconcile these apparent contradictions by examining the dialogic nature of Constantine's power and how his rule was built in the space between his ambitions for the empire and his subjects' efforts to further their own understandings of religious truth. Focusing on cities and the texts and images produced by their citizens for and about the emperor, Constantine and the Cities uncovers the interplay of signals between ruler and subject, mapping out the terrain within which Constantine nudged his subjects in the direction of conversion. Reading inscriptions, coins, legal texts, letters, orations, and histories, Lenski demonstrates how Constantine and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire.
Автор: Abbott Название: Revival: Society and Politics in Ancient Rome (1912) ISBN: 1138566101 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138566101 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7961.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book is aimed at the general reader, as well as to the special student of Roman life and literature.
Описание: The current political conflicts in Somalia and Russia make the reappearance of this book as relevant as ever
Автор: Ristvet Название: Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East ISBN: 1107065216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107065215 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14890.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East. She uses a wide range of archaeological, iconographic, and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not set apart from the practice of politics; it was politics.
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