The history of make-believe : Tacitus on imperial Rome /

A theoretically sophisticated reading of Tacitus, especially the "Histories", this work points to a fresh understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire. It argues that Tacitus writes about the imaginary picture that imperial society makes of concrete conditions of existe...

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主要作者: Haynes, Holly
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Berkeley : University of California Press c2003.
叢編:The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pp6mh
書本目錄:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Belief and Make-Believe; 1. An Anatomy of Make-Believe; 2. Nero: The Specter of Civil War; 3. Power and Simulacra: The Emperor Vitellius; 4. Vespasian: The Emperor Who Succeeded; 5. A Civil Disturbance: The Batavian Revolts; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.