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Caesar´s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History
Denis Feeney
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Description for Caesar´s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History
Paperback. Investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. This book examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544. Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 392 pages, Illustrations. Investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. This book examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight: 544.
The ancient Romans changed more than the map of the world when they conquered so much of it; they altered the way historical time itself is marked and understood. In this brilliant, erudite, and exhilarating book Denis Feeney investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. Feeney welcomes the reader into a world where time was movable and changeable and where simply ascertaining a date required a complex and often contentious cultural narrative. In a style ... Read more
The ancient Romans changed more than the map of the world when they conquered so much of it; they altered the way historical time itself is marked and understood. In this brilliant, erudite, and exhilarating book Denis Feeney investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. Feeney welcomes the reader into a world where time was movable and changeable and where simply ascertaining a date required a complex and often contentious cultural narrative. In a style ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
Sather Classical Lectures
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520258013
SKU
V9780520258013
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About Denis Feeney
Denis Feeney is Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University and was the 2004 Sather Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts, and Beliefs (1998) and The Gods in Epic: Poets and Critics of the Classical Tradition (1991).
Reviews for Caesar´s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History
"As [Feeney's] excellent book [underlines], the most lasting achievement of Caesar was... the calendar that is still used, throughout the west."
Mary Beard The Guardian "As [Feeney's] excellent book [underlines], the most lasting achievement of Caesar was... the calendar that is still used, throughout the west."
Mary Beard New York Review Of Books
Mary Beard The Guardian "As [Feeney's] excellent book [underlines], the most lasting achievement of Caesar was... the calendar that is still used, throughout the west."
Mary Beard New York Review Of Books