University of Oklahoma Press 1971 Softcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ISBN10: 0806109564, ISBN13: 9780806109565, [publisher: University of Oklahoma Press] Softcover 242 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband berieben und leicht bestoßen, Schnitt stellenweise leicht angeschmutzt, sonst gutes Exemplar / Binding rubbed and lightly bumped, cut lightly soiled in places, otherwise good copy. - Is intended to serve three purposes: to account historically for the great flowering which occurred in the Augustan Age; to describe the city in its physical and cultural development as it reached its peak; and to make the rediscovery of ancient Rome an easier process for those who today wander among the majestic ruins which remain in the midst of a modern city. The author sets forth succinctly the reasons for the particular stamp which Rome gave her creations and borrowings, and how the city itself played its great role as a fountain-head of culture. He deals in highly interesting terms with Rome’s great achievements in law, art, architecture, literature, and administration. And as these aspects of Roman achievement appear, the life of the people, the appearance of Roman society, and the physical development of the city are kept before the reader. The effect is of being transported into a vital and ...
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University of Oklahoma Press 1971 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p.

ISBN10: 0806109564, ISBN13: 9780806109565, [publisher: UNIV OF OKLAHOMA PR] Softcover
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1971]
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ISBN10: 0806109564, ISBN13: 9780806109565, [publisher: University of Oklahoma Press] Softcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1971]
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