Main entry:

Beard, Mary, 1955-

Title & Author:

The Roman triumph / Mary Beard.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

Description:

434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-417) and index.
Prologue: the question of triumph -- Pompey's finest hour? -- The impact of the triumph -- Constructions and reconstructions -- Captives on parade -- The art of representation -- Playing by the rules -- Playing God -- The boundaries of the ritual -- The triumph of history -- Epilogue: Rome, May 2006.

Summary:

Describes every major military campaign and victory in ancient Rome, explaining what the Roman triumph really looked like and what it symbolized.

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ISBN:

9780674026131 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0674026136 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780674032187
0674032187

Subject:

Triumph.
Rites and ceremonies Rome.
Processions Rome.
Triumph in art.
Triumph in literature.
Rites and ceremonies Rome Historiography.
Triomphe.
Rites et cérémonies Rome.
Défilés Rome.
Triomphe dans l'art.
Rites et cérémonies Rome Historiographie.
triumphs.
Antiquities
Processions
Rites and ceremonies
Triumphzug
Triomftochten.
Culturele aspecten.
Romeinse oudheid.
Romans Rites and ceremonies Historiography.
Rome Military antiquities.
Rome Antiquités militaires.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Rome.
Roman Empire.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255570
Call No.: BIB 185798
Status: Available