Spartacus and the Slave Wars: A Brief History With Documents - Couverture souple

Shaw, Brent

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1319094821 ISBN 13 : 9781319094829

Editeur : Bedford Books, 2017

Synopsis

Presenting information in an accessible way for todays students, Spartacus and the Slave Wars examines recent historical work, past presentations of Spartacus in TV and film, and ancient testimony to develop a comprehensive picture of the Roman institution of slavery.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brent D. Shaw is professor of Classical Studies and chair of the Graduate Group in Ancient History at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been published in many major historical, sociological, and anthropological journals, including Past & Present, American Historical Review, History Today, Journal of Roman Studies, Man, and American Journal of Sociology and is editor of the collected papers of Sir Moses Finley. He is the recipient of the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been Commonwealth Scholar at Cambridge University, honorary visiting Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, and Goldman Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His study of violence in Roman society, especially in civil conflict in the later Roman Empire, helped inspire this volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bedford Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1319094821
• ISBN 13: 9781319094829
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 208
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