Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469668628)

"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"--

Author: Catalina Balmaceda
ISBN-10: 1469668629
ISBN-13: 9781469668628
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d