Title & Author:

Representations of war in ancient Rome / edited by Sheila Dillon, Katherine E. Welch.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Description:

xiv, 365 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-348) and index.
The transformation of victory into power / Tonio Hölscher -- Siege narrative in Livy / Jonathan P. Roth -- Roman aesthetics and the spoils of Syracuse / Myles McDonnell -- Domi militiaeque : Roman domestic aesthetics and war booty in the Republic / Katherine E. Welch -- The origins of the Roman scaenae frons and the architecture of triumphal games in the second century B.C. / Laura S. Klar -- The bringer of victory : imagery and institutions at the advent of empire / Michael Koortbojian -- Conquest and desire : Roman Victoria in public and provincial sculpture / Rachel Kousser -- Women on the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius and the visual language of Roman victory / Sheila Dillon -- Battle imagery and politics on the Severan Arch in the Roman Forum / Susann Lusnia -- Readings in the narrative literature of Roman courage / William V. Harris.

Summary:

War suffused Roman life to a degree unparalled in other ancient societies. Although the place of war in ancient Roman culture has been the subject of many studies, this book examines how Romans represented war, in both visual imagery and in literary accounts. Spanning a broad chronological range, from the mid-fourth century BC to the third century AD, the essays in this volume consider audience reception, the reconstruction of display contexts, as well as the language of images, which could be either explicit or allusive in representations of war. They also analyze the construction of the Romans' view of themselves, their past, and their future.

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ISBN:

0521848172 (hardcover)
9780521848176 (hardcover)

Subject:

War in art.
Arts and society Rome.
Arts, Roman Themes, motives.
Arts, Roman.
War in literature.
Guerre dans l'art.
Arts et société Rome.
Arts romains Thèmes, motifs.
Arts romains.
Guerre dans la littérature.
15.52 Roman Empire.
20.62 Italic, Etruscan and Roman art.
Arts and society.
Krieg
Kunst
Latein
Literatur
War.
Representation.
Roman antiquity.
Visual arts.
Literature.
Art and society Rome.
Art, Roman.
Krieg <Motiv>
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Rome Military antiquities.
Rome Antiquities.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Dillon, Sheila.
Welch, Katherine E.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249202
Call No.: BIB 178780
Status: Available