Fighting Hydra-like Luxury - Sumptuary Regulation in the Roman Republic

Informationen zum Autor Emanuela Zanda, formerly Lecturer in Classics at Birkbeck College, University of London, now teaches classics at Stockport Grammar School, UK. In Rome, sumptuary laws seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens. Here Emanuela Zanda explores the reasons and purposes behind the enactment of such legislation in Rome during the Republic, placing it in a wider political and social framework. Zusammenfassung In Rome, sumptuary laws seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens. Here Emanuela Zanda explores the reasons and purposes behind the enactment of such legislation in Rome during the Republic, placing it in a wider political and social framework.

Product details

• Authors: Emanuela Zanda, Zanda Emanuela
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2011
• EAN: 9780715637074
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3707-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation