Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Title Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds PDF eBook
Author Michael Scott
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 231
Release 2013
Genre History
ISBN 1107009154

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An interdisciplinary study of the dynamic relationship between space and society through case studies across the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Title Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds PDF eBook
Author Michael Scott
Publisher
Pages 232
Release 2013
Genre Cultural geography
ISBN 9781139853811

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"We cannot properly understand history without a full appreciation of the spaces through which its actors moved, whether in the home or in the public sphere, and the ways in which they thought about and represented the spaces of their worlds. In this book Michael Scott employs the full range of literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence in order to demonstrate the many different ways in which spatial analysis can illuminate our understanding of Greek and Roman society and the ways in which these societies thought of, and interacted with, the spaces they occupied and created. Through a series of innovative case studies of texts, physical spaces and cultural constructs, ranging geographically across North Africa, Greece and Roman Italy, as well as an up-to-date introduction on spatial scholarship, this book provides an ideal starting point for students and non-specialists"--

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Michael Scott

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Michael Scott
Title Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Michael Scott PDF eBook
Author Michael Scott
Publisher
Pages 232
Release 2014-05-14
Genre Cultural geography
ISBN 9781139839990

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We cannot properly understand history without a full appreciation of the spaces through which its actors moved, whether in the home or in the public sphere, and the ways in which they thought about and represented the spaces of their worlds. In this book Michael Scott employs the full range of literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence in order to demonstrate the many different ways in which spatial analysis can illuminate our understanding of Greek and Roman society and the ways in which these societies thought of, and interacted with, the spaces they occupied and created. Through a series of innovative case studies of texts, physical spaces and cultural constructs, ranging geographically across North Africa, Greece and Roman Italy, as well as an up-to-date introduction on spatial scholarship, this book provides an ideal starting point for students and non-specialists.

Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Title Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds PDF eBook
Author James Clackson
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 219
Release 2015-04-30
Genre History
ISBN 1316297802

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Texts written in Latin, Greek and other languages provide ancient historians with their primary evidence, but the role of language as a source for understanding the ancient world is often overlooked. Language played a key role in state-formation and the spread of Christianity, the construction of ethnicity, and negotiating positions of social status and group membership. Language could reinforce social norms and shed light on taboos. This book presents an accessible account of ways in which linguistic evidence can illuminate topics such as imperialism, ethnicity, social mobility, religion, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, without assuming the reader has any knowledge of Greek or Latin, or of linguistic jargon. It describes the rise of Greek and Latin at the expense of other languages spoken around the Mediterranean and details the social meanings of different styles, and the attitudes of ancient speakers towards linguistic differences.

Risk in the Roman World

Risk in the Roman World
Title Risk in the Roman World PDF eBook
Author Jerry Toner
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 157
Release 2023-11-30
Genre History
ISBN 1108754465

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Modern risk studies have viewed the inhabitants of the ancient world as being both dominated by fate and exposed to fewer risks, but this very readable and groundbreaking new book challenges these views. It shows that the Romans inhabited a world full of danger and also that they not only understood uncertainty but employed a variety of ways to help to affect future outcomes. The first section focuses on the range of cultural attitudes and traditional practices that served to help control risk, particularly among the non-elite population. The book also examines the increasingly sophisticated areas of expertise, such as the law, logistics and maritime loans, which served to limit uncertainty in a systematic manner. Religious expertise in the form of dream interpretation and oracles also developed new ways of dealing with the future and the implicit biases of these sources can reveal much about ancient attitudes to risk.

Warfare in the Roman World

Warfare in the Roman World
Title Warfare in the Roman World PDF eBook
Author A. D. Lee
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 251
Release 2020-09-17
Genre History
ISBN 110701428X

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Thematic treatment of the broader impact of warfare in the Roman world, integrating Late Antiquity alongside the Republic and Principate.

Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World

Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World
Title Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 225
Release
Genre
ISBN 0521810728

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