Religion and memory in Tacitus' Annals
This book-length treatment of religion in Tacitus' Annals analyzes his numerous references to religious material through the lens of cultural memory theory, revealing them as a key vehicle for his assessment of the principate as a system of government, the activities of individual emperors, and...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford classical monographs
Oxford scholarship online |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tacitus, Cornelius 55-120, Annales
/ Canova, Antonio 1757-1822, Religion
/ Remembrance
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| Further subjects: | B
Tacitus, Cornelius ; Criticism and interpretation
B Religion in literature B Rome ; Historiography B Tacitus, Cornelius Annales B Tacitus, Cornelius Criticism and interpretation B Memory in literature B Tacitus, Cornelius ; Annales B Thesis B Rome Historiography |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator) Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780198832768 |
| Summary: | This book-length treatment of religion in Tacitus' Annals analyzes his numerous references to religious material through the lens of cultural memory theory, revealing them as a key vehicle for his assessment of the principate as a system of government, the activities of individual emperors, and their impact on Roman cultural identity |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource ( x, 414 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 0191871281 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198832768.001.0001 |