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Pliny the Elder's Natural History

The Empire in the Encyclopedia

Gebonden Engels 2004 9780199262885
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The most important surviving encyclopedia from the ancient world, Pliny the Elder's Natural History is unparalleled as a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in first-century Rome. As part of a new direction in classical scholarship, Trevor Murphy reads the work not just for the information it contains, but to understand how and why Pliny collects and presents information as he does. Concentrating on the geographic and ethnographic information in Pliny, Murphy demonstrates the work's political importance. The selection and arrangement of the encyclopedia's material show that it is more than an instrument of reference: it is a monument to the power of Roman imperial society.

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ISBN13:9780199262885
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:244

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