Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome - Key Sources, With Text, Translation, and Commentary

Informationen zum Autor J. Bert Lott is Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the author of The Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and has been teaching epigraphy to undergraduates for over ten years. Klappentext Presents a set of important Latin inscriptions illustrating the developing sense of dynasty that underpinned the new monarchy of Augustus. Zusammenfassung Brings together a set of important Latin inscriptions in order to illustrate the developing sense of dynasty that underpinned the new monarchy of Augustus. Each inscription is supplied with its original text! a new English translation! and an introduction and historical commentary of use to students and scholars alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Texts and translations; 3. Commentary; 4. Excerpts from Tacitus, Annals; 5. Princes' biographies.

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• Authors: J Bert Lott, J. Bert Lott, J. Bert (Vassar College Lott, John Bert Lott
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9780521677783
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67778-3
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law