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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balmaceda, Catalina, 1970- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press cop. 2017
Series:Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
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See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991009037859708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • The concept of virtus
  • Virtus in Sallust
  • Virtus in Livy
  • Virtus in Velleius
  • Virtus in Tacitus.