Augustus and the Destruction of History explores the intense controversies over the meaning and profile of the past that
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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 analyzes the complicated relationship between h
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A theoretically sophisticated and illuminating reading of Tacitus, especially the Histories, this work points to a new u
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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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At its height, the Roman Empire was the greatest empire yet seen, its borders stretching from the rain-swept highlands o
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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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Augustus' success in implementing monarchical rule at Rome is often attributed to innovations in the symbolic langu
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Livy continues his magnificent epic, with Rome in complete ruin after the Gallic invasion and sack of the city in 310 B.
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Title Description: Re-Viewing the Past: The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan analyzes the complicated rel
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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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