Triumph in defeat : military loss and the Roman Republic /

This book examines the implications of Rome's many military defeats during the Roman Republic. Tracing responses to defeat from the Second Punic War through the second century B.C.E., it reconsiders the triumphalist narratives that have sometimes dominated studies of the culture of politics and...

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Main Author: Clark, Jessica Homan, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- When in Rome : remembering and reevaluating defeat -- Costs and benefits : winning the Second Punic War -- Managing defeat : the Senate and the triumph, 201-167 -- Alternative endings : responding to repeated defeat, 156-130 -- Bad politics : defeats, nobility, and new men, 120-102 -- Conclusion. 
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