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Books on: roman literature

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The Brothers of Romulus: Fraternal Pietas in Roman Law, Literature, and Society

Book by Cynthia J. Bannon; Princeton University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Brothers In Literature, Brothers--Rome--Conduct Of Life, Interpersonal Relations--Rome, Kinship (Roman Law), Rome--Civilization, Romulus--King Of Rome--Family

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...fraternal symbolism in Roman literature and history, there has...Historical analyses of Roman politics have long recognized...about brothers in Latin literature written during the classical...Wiseman, Remus: A Roman Myth. 3 At least as...
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Roman Literature in Relation to Roman Art

Book by Robert Burn; Macmillan, 1888

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Art, Greco-Roman, Art, Roman, Latin Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...straightness of the Greek ones, how the Roman threw away the strictly architectural...gratification. It is often hastily concluded that Roman literature and Roman art are not worth our attention. The Romans, it is said, were evidently a nation...
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Greek Literature and the Roman Empire: The Politics of Imitation

Book by Tim Whitmarsh; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Civilization, Greco-Roman, Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D, Greece--Relations--Rome, Greek Literature--Appreciation--Rome, Greek Literature--Rome--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Greece--History--To 1500, Politics And Literature--Rome--History, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D, Rome--Relations--Greece

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...inscribed relationship between Greek literature and the Roman empire (a coherent set of opinions...rooted in Latin is significant. Roman literary culture generally narrativized...famously stakes a claim for the Roman invention of satire: satira quidem...
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Roman Historical Myths: The Regal Period in Augustan Literature

Book by Matthew Fox; Clarendon Press, 1996

Subjects:

Historical Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Latin Literature--History And Criticism, Legends--Rome--Historiography, Literature And History--Rome--History, Mythology, Roman, Mythology, Roman, In Literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--Historiography, Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...you: with this man as leader Roman is the land on both sides of...fits with the anti- Romulean literature against which Dionysius takes...and which is clearly anti-Roman literature, not the appropriate...the analysis of Livy that the Roman people still needed to be ruled...to prove that the earliest Romans did not call their kings dominus...
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Portraits: Biographical Representation in the Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire

Book by M. J. Edwards, Simon Swain; Clarendon Press, 1997

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Biography As A Literary Form, Biography In Literature, Civilization, Greco-Roman, Classical Literature--History And Criticism, Greece--Biography, Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D--Biography--History And Criticism, Mimesis In Literature, Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Biography--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...representation in the Greek and Latin literature of the Roman Empire edited by Mark Edwards...bibliographical references. 1. Classical literature--History and criticism. 2...form. 5. Civilization, Greco-Roman. 6. Biography in literature...

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Journal Articles on: roman literature

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Roman Polanski's Macbeth: Golgotha Triumphant

Journal article by Kenneth S. Rothwell; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 1, 1973

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Motion pictures, Murders & murder attempts, Polanski, Roman, Violence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Roman Polanskis Macbeth: Golgotha Triumphant by Kenneth S. Rothwell The setting for Roman Polanskis film version of Macbeth, starring...Shakespeares Macbeth (whatever that was) as Roman Polanskis vision of Shakespeares Macbeth...
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The Lure of Babylon: Seven Protestant Novelists and Britain's Roman Catholic Revival

Journal article by Joseph Schwartz; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 51, 2002

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The Lure of Babylon: Seven Protestant Novelists and Britain's Roman Catholic Revival (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Seven Protestant Novelists and Britains Roman Catholic Revival. by Joseph Schwartz By...a secret that fear and loathing of the Roman Catholic Church ("the whore of Babylon...novels concerned with the alleged evils of Roman Catholicism increased enormously. There...
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Chinatown: Roman Polanski's Contemporary Oedipus Story

Journal article by Wayne D. McGinnis; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 3, 1975

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Corruption, Drought, Motion pictures, Polanski, Roman, Political theory

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Chinatown: Roman Polanskis Contemporary Oedipus Story by Wayne D. McGinnis The moral climate...the wasteland motif, the country plagued by its own ruler. Now, with Roman Polanskis outstanding film, Chinatown . an important segment of popular...
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The Power of Sacrifice: Roman and Christian Discourses in Conflict

Journal article by Bryan A. Stewart; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 60, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, The Power of Sacrifice: Roman and Christian Discourses in Conflict (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...broadly, of why ancient Romans and Christians clashed...The clash between Romans and Christians centered...Heymans work explores Roman-Christian tension...of Christianity and Literature will be particularly...of Christianity and Literature will also be interested...that like the early Roman and Jewish portrayals...at the hands of the Romans as a form of "noble...
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'The Roman Actor,' Censorship, and Dramatic Autonomy

Journal article by David A. Reinheimer; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998

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English drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Massinger, Philip--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Roman Actor (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Theater--Censorship

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Imagery of Acting in The Roman Actor," MLR 66, 2 April...the private theaters (The Roman Actor was given at the Blackfriars...his plays, especially The Roman Actor. For instance, Clark...Stoicism and English Renaissance Literature, Collection Etudes Anglaises...

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Magazine Articles on: roman literature

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Celebrity in the Ancient World: Robert Garland Considers the Meaning of Fame and Celebrity to the Greeks and Romans

Magazine article by Robert Garland; History Today, Vol. 55, March 2005

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Ancient Greek civilization--Social aspects, Ancient Roman civilization--Social aspects, Celebrities--History, Civilization, Greek--Social aspects, Conduct of life, Socrates

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Celebrity to the Greeks and Romans. by Robert Garland...opposite. In the Greco-Roman world, the means of...in all of Western literature. In the Roman poet...record. Similarly the Roman Senate took steps to...Star status in the Roman world was most closely...head of his army: the Romans understood the psychological...
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Everyday Life for the Roman Schoolboy

Magazine article by Keith Hopkins; History Today, Vol. 43, October 1993

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Romans--Social aspects, Rome (Ancient)--Schools

Collections: History, Entire Library

...began to study grammar and literature. Formal grammar was a Greek...modern scholars criticise Roman Elite education as derivative...century AD, Heron devised, and Roman subjects apparently built...were only charming toys. The Romans did not build effective steam...on unreal issues provided Romans and their bourgeois subjects...their point. To us, these Roman debating topics for schools...
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Hadrian and the Limits of Empire: The Emperor Hadrian Presided over the Roman Empire at Its Height, Defined Its Borders and Was One of the Most Cultured Rulers of the Ancient World. Neil Faulkner Revisits His Legacy, as the British Museum Opens a Major Exhibition on His Life and Times

Magazine article by Neil Faulkner; History Today, Vol. 58, August 2008

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British Museum--Exhibitions, Emperors--Appreciation, Emperors--Portrayals, Emperors--Powers and duties, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD, Rome (Ancient state), Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Appreciation, Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Portrayals, Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Powers and duties

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Meanwhile, deep in the Roman rear, a Jewish revolt that...aristocracy, descendants of Romans who had settled in Spain...Hadrians Wall, we are told by a Roman biographer, to separate the Romans from the barbarians. Hadrian...and to be the first of the Roman emperors to wear the beard...had said about Greeks and Romans? That the former were sculptors...classical civilization in the literature, art, science and philosophy...
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The Lessons of Ancient Rome: In the Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, Author Steve Bonta Examines the Lessons of the Growth and Decline of the Roman State in the Centuries before the Empire

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, June 12, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Lessons for Modern America (Book)--Book reviews

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...and studying ancient Latin literature. After him came other scholars...Bontas The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, this book now exists...history. Like America, the Roman Republic was forged in revolution...growth and stability of the Roman state. One of these, Bonta...set about civilizing the Romans and abolishing the crude despotism...
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The Zone System ... Exposed: Or: When in Rome Do as the Romans Do

Magazine article by Lawrence Kurtzberg; PSA Journal, Vol. 63, September 1997

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Photography--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Roman numerals--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc.

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...dark to the understanding of a Roman lensperson as the actual shade...They say Zone 0. But the Romans had no designation for zero...of Mr. Adams, who, if the literature is correct, referred from...correct. There just isnt any Roman way to write zero unless one...ultra low key out because the Romans had no zero? Or should the...

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Newspaper Articles on: roman literature

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The Roman Sex Slaves of Britain

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2012

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Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD, Slavery, Slaves

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...particularly sought after by elite Roman women in search of extramarital...naked in the streets. Literature from Roman times suggests that wealthy...revealed this week, the Romans certainly knew how to live. Pound of flesh: The Roman brothel token
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THE ROMAN SEX SLAVES OF BRITAIN; as an Explicit Coin Used to Pay for Pleasure Is Found in the Thames, the X-Rated Story of ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2012

Subjects:

Pornography, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD, Slavery, Slaves

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...particularly sought after by elite Roman women in search of extramarital...naked in the streets. Literature from Roman times suggests that wealthy...revealed this week, the Romans certainly knew how to live. Pound of flesh: The Roman brothel token
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The New Moscow Molls; as Roman Abramovich's Wife Gets Her Marching Orders and Girlfriend Daria Steps into Her Prada Shoes, We Reveal the Smart New Breed of Russian Women Making Their Mark in London

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 15, 2007

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Abramovich, Roman

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The New Moscow Molls; as Roman Abramovichs Wife Gets Her Marching...BENNETT Moscow The new molls As Roman Abramovichs wife gets her marching...one knows that better than Roman Abramovichs newly ex-wife...tell you that they read great literature and enjoy classical music...
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Sexus Maximus! the Poet Who Made Even the Romans Blush; as a Bank Boss Sends a Female Worker a Filthy Verse by Catullus

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 27, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...our classrooms, the Romans were seen as virtuous...filth contained within Roman literature generally -- explains...without reference to the Romans themselves. A century...not to say that the Romans, unburdened by more...a source of shame. Roman women, far from indulging...
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Sexus Maximus! the Poet Who Made Even the Romans Blush; as a City Boss Sends a Female Worker a Filthy Verse by Catullus

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 25, 2009

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Poets, Working women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...public schools, the Romans were seen as virtuous...filth contained within Roman literature generally -- explains...without reference to the Romans themselves. A century...not to say that the Romans, unburdened by more...a source of shame. Roman women, far from indulging...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: roman literature

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Roman Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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ROMAN LITERATURE see Latin literature . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nouveau Roman

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NOUVEAU ROMAN or new novel: see French literature ; Robbe-Grillet, Alain . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Virginia , in Roman Legend

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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VIRGINIA , in Roman legend in Roman legend, daughter of the centurion Virginius. Her father stabbed...precipitated the fall of the decemvirs. The story occurs often in literature. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Index , in the Roman Catholic Church

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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INDEX , in the Roman Catholic Church in the Roman Catholic Church, list of publications forbidden to be read...faith or moral life; the Index was a partial guide to such literature. Since it was made up only from decisions referred for judgment...
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Seneca , the Younger, C.3 B.C.–a.D. 65, Roman Philosopher, Dramatist, and Statesma n

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...younger, c.3 b.c. a.d. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman...Seneca), c.3 b.c. a.d. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman...was considered remarkably noble by the Romans. Seneca was a Stoic, and his writings...works, at least in so far as European literature is concerned, were his tragedies. It...

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