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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
cop. 2017
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| 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 |
| Summary: | "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 worked as a key idea in the complex system of Roman socio-cultural values, attitudes, and norms and was constantly being redefined and reinterpreted" |
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| Physical Description: | XII, 297 p. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [249]-284) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9781469635132 |
