Virtus romana : politics and morality in the Roman histories /

"Late Roman historians sought to respond to the present through the evaluation of the past. Historiography was, therefore, a prime site for defining Roman identity. One of the key concepts for historians was virtus (roughly, "manly courage"). As a political and moral concept, virtus w...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Balmaceda, Catalina, 1970- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:	Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
Subjects:	Rome > Historiography. National characteristics, Roman. Rome > Civilization. Civilization. Historiography. Rome (Empire)