- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "Late Roman historians sought to respond to the present through the evaluation of the past. Historiography was, therefore, a prime site for defining Roman identity. One of the key concepts for historians was virtus (roughly, "manly courage"). As a political and moral concept, virtus worked as a key idea in the complex system of Roman socio-cultural values, attitudes, and norms and was constantly being redefined and reinterpreted"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
- Uniform Title
- Virtus romana (Online)
- Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
- Alternative Title
- Virtus romana (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The concept of virtus -- Virtus in Sallust -- Virtus in Livy -- Virtus in Velleius -- Virtus in Tacitus.
- LCCN
- 2017007235
- OCLC
- ssj0001870598
- Author
Balmaceda, Catalina, 1970-
- Title
Virtus romana [electronic resource] : politics and morality in the Roman histories / Catalina Balmaceda.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
- Series
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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