Telling, Turning Moments in the Classical Political World

Informationen zum Autor By Jan H. Blits Klappentext Turning, Telling Moments in the Classical Political World examines developments in the classical political world which are both turning and telling moments. All the moments-from Theseus's founding of Athens to Augustus's establishment of the Principate-possess the double character of being turning points and revealing fundamental aspects of the ancient political world. By examining ancient histories as works of reflection rather than works of research, Blits reveals the way ancient historians understand-and intend us to understand-the ancient world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Foreword 2 1. Athens and Rome: Plutarch's Theseus and Romulus 3 2. Redeeming Lost Honor: Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece 4 3. The End of the Noble 5 4. No Middle Way, No Second Way: Rome and the Caudine Forks 6 5. The Politics of Authority and Rhetoric in Republican Rome 7 6. Political Murder in Rome 8 7. Power without Office, Office without Power: Augustus's Principate 9 Afterword: Greece versus Rome 10 Appendix: Greece and Rome Timeline 11 About the Author

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• Authors: Jan Blits, Jan H Blits, Jan H. Blits, Blits Jan H.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2010
• EAN: 9780739164495
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6449-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory