The Plebs

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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The Plebs

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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The Plebs Magazine

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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Empire of Ancient Rome

Empire of Ancient Rome PDF Author: Michael Burgan
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438103123
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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Explores the rise and fall and spheres of influence, society and daily life, key events, and important figures of the Roman Empire.

Brittany in the Early Middle Ages

Brittany in the Early Middle Ages PDF Author: Wendy Davies
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000950883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379

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This volume focuses on Wendy Davies's work on early medieval Breton texts and their implications. Beginning with core analyses of the Redon and Landévennec cartularies, it continues with papers that tease out some of the key social implications of the 9th-century Redon material - on the nature of political power, on rural communities, on the settlement of disputes, and on transmission of property. While the Redon charters have long been known as a source of fundamental importance for Breton history, the author's database (established in the 1980s) allowed much greater understanding of the role of individuals - at all social levels, and particularly peasant level - than had previously been possible. Attention to the detail of the east Breton past also includes papers on some of the results of her fieldwork, on building stone in particular. Early medieval Brittany is not merely interesting in itself (and it is certainly not some Celtic backwater): Breton evidence can usefully be differentiated from the evidence of other Celtic areas and has a significant role in wider issues of European history. As well as papers on the familiar themes of kingship, rulership, cult sites and cemeteries, the final section highlights the distinctive quality of the Breton evidence for the protection of sacred and personal space, for slavery and serfdom and for village-level courts.

Discourses on Livy

Discourses on Livy PDF Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226500330
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is eminently readable. With a substantial introduction, extensive explanatory notes, a glossary of key words, and an annotated index, the Discourses reveals Machiavelli's radical vision of a new science of politics, a vision of "new modes and orders" that continue to shape the modern ethos. "[Machiavelli] found in Livy the means to inspire scholars for five centuries. Within the Discourses, often hidden and sometimes unintended by their author, lie the seeds of modern political thought. . . . [Mansfield and Tarcov's] translation is careful and idiomatic."—Peter Stothard, The Times "Translated with painstaking accuracy—but also great readability."—Weekly Standard "A model of contemporary scholarship and a brave effort at Machiavelli translation that allows the great Florentine to speak in his own voice."—Choice

The English Historical Review

The English Historical Review PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 432

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The English Historical Review

The English Historical Review PDF Author: Mandell Creighton
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 868

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The Roman Goddess Ceres

The Roman Goddess Ceres PDF Author: Barbette Stanley Spaeth
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 0292762836
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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A thematic study of the Roman goddess of agriculture as represented in ancient culture from the prehistoric period to the Late Roman Empire. Interest in goddess worship is growing in contemporary society, as women seek models for feminine spirituality and wholeness. New cults are developing around ancient goddesses from many cultures, although their modern adherents often envision and interpret the goddesses very differently than their original worshippers did. In this thematic study of the Roman goddess Ceres, Barbette Spaeth explores the rich complexity of meanings and functions that grew up around the goddess from the prehistoric period to the Late Roman Empire. In particular, she examines two major concepts, fertility and liminality, and two social categories, the plebs and women, which were inextricably linked with Ceres in the Roman mind. Spaeth then analyzes an image of the goddess in a relief of the Ara Pacis, an important state monument of the Augustan period, showing how it incorporates all these varied roles and associations of Ceres. This interpretation represents a new contribution to art history. With its use of literary, epigraphical, numismatic, artistic, and archaeological evidence, The Roman Goddess Ceres presents a more encompassing view of the goddess than was previously available. It will be important reading for all students of Classics, as well as for a general audience interested in New Age, feminist, or pagan spirituality.

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities PDF Author: Charles Athon
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Languages : en
Pages : 1218

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Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law

Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law PDF Author: John Austin
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Category : Jurisprudence
Languages : en
Pages : 662

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