Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities (Classical Culture and Society) [1 ed.] 9780195176407, 0195176405

Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities 9780195176407, 0195176405

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading amon

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Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities 9780199775545, 9780195176407, 2009019799

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Mosaics of Knowledge: Representing Information in the Roman World (Classical Culture and Society) 9780190632502, 019063250X

Today's information technology often seems to take on a life of its own, spreading into every part of our lives. In

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The Captor's Image: Greek Culture in Roman Ecphrasis (Classical Culture and Society) [1 ed.] 9780199735877, 0199735875

An influential view of ecphrasis--the literary description of art objects--chiefly treats it as a way for authors to wri

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Athenaeus And His World: Reading Greek Culture in the Roman Empire 0859896617, 9780859896610

An international team of literary specialists explore Athenaeus’ work as a whole and in its own right.   Almost all clas

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Culture and Society in Later Roman Antioch 9781842171028, 184217102X

This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman pe

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The Cucuteni-Tripolye Culture: A Study in Technology and the Origins of Complex Society 9780860542797, 9781407337258

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The business of alchemy: science and culture in the Holy Roman Empire 9781400844159, 9780691056913, 9780691015996

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Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture 0521836220, 9780521836227

Despite the fact that the Roman Republic came to an undeniable end in 31 BC with the accession of the emperor Augustus,

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Roman Iberia: Economy, Society and Culture 9781472540874, 9780715634998

This is the first book to examine the economic impact of external cultures - the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans - upon t

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