Augustus and the Destruction of History: The politics of the past in early imperial Rome 0956838162, 9780956838162

Augustus and the Destruction of History explores the intense controversies over the meaning and profile of the past that

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Augustus and the Destruction of History: The politics of the past in early imperial Rome 0956838162, 9780956838162

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Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial Rome 0299118045, 9780299118044
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Wit has many uses in political discourse—to entertain, to underscore or unmask, to hinder or enhance insight. Wit and th

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Re-Viewing the Past: The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan 1501336045, 9781501336041
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Re-Viewing the Past: The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan analyzes the complicated relationship between h

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The History of Make-Believe: Tacitus on Imperial Rome 9780520929555
The History of Make-Believe: Tacitus on Imperial Rome 9780520929555

A theoretically sophisticated and illuminating reading of Tacitus, especially the Histories, this work points to a new u

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Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China 9780824843205
Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China 9780824843205

China is known for its deep veneration of history. Far more than a record of the past, history to the Chinese is the mag

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Rome and the Indian Ocean Trade from Augustus to the Early Third Century CE 9004376577, 9789004376571
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In Rome and the Indian Ocean Trade from Augustus to the Early Third Century CE Matthew Adam Cobb examines the developmen

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The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome: Latin Poetic Responses to Early Imperial Iconography 1108422659, 9781108422659
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Augustus' success in implementing monarchical rule at Rome is often attributed to innovations in the symbolic langu

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The History of Rome [1]
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When Livy began his epic The History of Rome, he had no idea of the fame and fortune he would eventually attain. He woul

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The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia 9780300147841
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Alternative Representations of the Past: The Politics of History in Modern China 9783110676136, 9783110662153
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The relationship between the Chinese nation and its recent past has been fraught with contradictions and tensions. This

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Alternative Representations of the Past: The Politics of History in Modern China 9783110676136, 9783110662153
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The relationship between the Chinese nation and its recent past has been fraught with contradictions and tensions. This

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