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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

History
Publish date
2015
Publisher
Crítica
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Roma Antiga é importante. Ignorar os romanos é não apenas fechar os olhos para o passado distante. Roma ainda nos ajuda a definir o modo como entendemos nosso mundo e pensamos a respeito de nós mesmos, e isso abrange da alta cultura à comédia barata. Após 2 mil anos, ela continua na base do pensamento e da política ocidental, daquilo que escrevemos e do modo como vemos o mundo e nosso lugar nele.
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  1. The War with Catiline

    Sallust

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    Primary ancient account Beard analyzes to deconstruct the 63 BCE Catilinarian conspiracy that frames the book's opening.

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  2. The Histories

    Polybius

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    Essential Greek account examined by Beard for explaining Rome's rapid Mediterranean expansion and republican constitution.

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  3. The Twelve Caesars

    Suetonius

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    Biographical source critically scrutinized by Beard for its sensationalized portraits of Roman imperial rule.

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  4. The Roman Revolution

    Ronald Syme

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    Landmark modern study of the collapse of the Roman Republic that deeply informs Beard's political analysis.

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  5. The History of Rome

    Livy

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    Foundational ancient source Beard critiques regarding the myths and early traditions of Rome's founding and kings.

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  6. The Annals

    Tacitus

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    Crucial imperial source used by Beard to evaluate the nature of autocratic power under the early emperors.

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  7. Parallel Lives

    Plutarch

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    Biographical work utilized throughout the text to examine prominent late republican and imperial figures.

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  8. Letters

    Pliny the Younger

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    Epistolary evidence cited to reconstruct daily elite life and imperial provincial administration under Trajan.

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  9. Conquerors and Slaves

    Keith Hopkins

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    Influential sociological analysis of Roman slavery and agrarian economy referenced in Beard's economic discussions.

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  10. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Edward Gibbon

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    Major historiographical reference point discussed by Beard regarding standard narratives of Roman imperial decline.

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  11. History of Rome

    Theodor Mommsen

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    Monumental nineteenth-century synthesis cited regarding traditional structural and legal understandings of Rome.

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  12. The Aeneid

    Virgil

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    Epic foundation myth analyzed by Beard as Augustan ideological propaganda and cultural memory.

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