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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
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| Summary: | "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 worked as a key idea in the complex system of Roman socio-cultural values, attitudes, and norms and was constantly being redefined and reinterpreted"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 297 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469635125 1469635127 |