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- The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: Princeton University Press
summary
This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster."
Table of Contents
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- Title page, Copyright page
- pp. i-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-2
- Introduction
- pp. 3-8
- The Gladiator
- pp. 9-10
- Two Desire: Wine Without Water
- pp. 47-82
- The Monster
- pp. 83-84
- Four Envy (Part One): Embracing The Monster
- pp. 107-144
- Five Envy (Part Two): Striking The Monster
- pp. 145-175
- Six Conclusions: The Widening Gyre
- pp. 176-190
- Modern Works Cited
- pp. 191-202
Additional Information
ISBN
9780691219677
Related ISBN(s)
9780691010915, 9780691056968
MARC Record
OCLC
1273307011
Launched on MUSE
2021-10-27
Language
English
Open Access
No