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BL
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631848
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Beard, Mary,1955-
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| Title & Author
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The Roman triumph /\ Mary Beard
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434 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780674026131 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0674026136 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780674032187 (pbk.)
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: 0674032187 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [394]-417) and index
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| Contents
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Prologue: the question of triumph -- Pompey's finest hour? -- The impact of the triumph -- Constructions and reconstructions -- Captives on parade -- The art of representation -- Playing by the rules -- Playing God -- The boundaries of the ritual -- The triumph of history -- Epilogue: Rome, May 2006
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| Abstract
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Describes every major military campaign and victory in ancient Rome explaining what the Roman triumph really looked like and what it symbolized
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Triumph
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Rites and ceremonies-- Rome
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Processions-- Rome
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Triumph in art
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Triumph in literature
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Rites and ceremonies-- Rome-- Historiography
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Rome, Military antiquities
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| Dewey Classification
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394/.50937
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| LC Classification
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DG89.B43 2007
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