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Author Beard, Mary, 1955-

Title The Roman triumph / Mary Beard.

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

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  937 BEARD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  937 BEARD    Check Shelf
Description 434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [394]-417) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Triumph.
Rites and ceremonies -- Rome.
Processions -- Rome.
Rome -- Military antiquities.
Triumph in art.
Triumph in literature.
Rites and ceremonies -- Rome -- Historiography.
ISBN 9780674026131 hardcover alkaline paper
0674026136 hardcover alkaline paper
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