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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
ISBN-100472119826
ISBN-139780472119820
eBay Product ID (ePID)215421348
Product Key Features
Number of Pages422 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTopography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World
Publication Year2016
SubjectAncient / General, Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Violence in Society
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorGarrett G. Fagan, Werner Riess
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight28 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-009981
Reviews"This collection of essays seeks to explore some of the topographical and circumstantial aspects that helped define violence in antiquity, focusing on how Greeks and Romans charged violent acts with specific meanings on the basis of situation and space." - New Testament Abstracts, "A must for libraries in all colleges that are delivering degrees in classics, classical civilization and ancient history. . . . Readily accessible to a wide-ranging audience from specialists to undergraduates and general nonspecialist readers." --Kate Gilliver, Cardiff University
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.0938
SynopsisExamines how location confers cultural meaning on acts of violence, and renders them socially acceptable--or not, What soldiers do on the battlefield or boxers do in the ring would be treated as criminal acts if carried out in an everyday setting. Perpetrators of violence in the classical world knew this and chose their venues and targets with care: killing Julius Caesar at a meeting of the Senate was deliberate. That location asserted Senatorial superiority over a perceived tyrant, and so proclaimed the pure republican principles of the assassins. The contributors to The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World take on a task not yet addressed in classical scholarship: they examine how topography shaped the perception and interpretation of violence in Greek and Roman antiquity. After an introduction explaining the "spatial turn" in the theoretical study of violence, "paired" chapters review political assassination, the battlefield, violence against women and slaves, and violence at Greek and Roman dinner parties. No other book either adopts the spatial theoretical framework or pairs the examination of different classes of violence in classical antiquity in this way. Both undergraduate and graduate students of classics, history, and political science will benefit from the collection, as will specialists in those disciplines. The papers are original and stimulating, and they are accessible to the educated general reader with some grounding in classical history.
LC Classification NumberHN10.G7T67 2016
