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Rituals of Triumph in the Mediterranean World

By Anthony Spalinger , Jeremy Armstrong

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2013
ISBN
9004251006, 9789004251007
ISSN
1566-2055
Google Books ID
7UlxJ7qaVKMC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2587891 bytes)
Series
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 63
Pages
viii+158\167
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2013-08-12 16:47:58

Description

Societies, both ancient and modern, have frequently celebrated and proclaimed their military victories through overt public demonstrations. In the ancient world, however, the most famous examples of this come from a single culture and period - Rome in the final years of the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire - while those from other cultures - such as Egypt, Greece, Neo-Assyria, and indeed other periods of Roman history – are generally unexplored. The aim of this volume is to present a more complete study of this phenomenon and offer a series of cultural reactions to successful military actions by various peoples of the ancient Mediterranean world, illustrating points of similarity and diversity, and demonstrating the complex and multifaceted nature of this trans-cultural practice.

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