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The Art of Forgetting
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 425

The Art of Forgetting

Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or mutilation of portraits and public inscriptions. Harriet Flower provides the first chronological overview of the development of this Roman practice--an instruction to forget--from archaic times into the second century A.D. Flower explores Roman memory sanctions against the background of Greek and Hellenistic cultural influence and in the context of the wider Mediterranean world. Combining literary texts, inscriptions, coins, and material evidence, this richly illustrated study contributes to a deeper understanding of Roman political culture.

Italian Americans in Law Enforcement
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 162

Italian Americans in Law Enforcement

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Last Landscapes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 236

Last Landscapes

Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed "cities of the dead", such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial islands in central Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th-century Portuguese–Jewish cemetery "Beth Haim" at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, Forest Lawns in California, Derek Jarman’s garden in Kent and the Stockholm Woo...

THE GENIUS OF JANUS
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 510

THE GENIUS OF JANUS

The book is a representation of the Pescopaganese community in the United States of North America. It represents the research commitment of decades by Prof. Giovanni Pinto who has been a driving force and a leader in this community for half a century. Besides an Introduction, Pinto’s book includes four sections: Part One – Our Italian roots and heritage: The territory, the history, the urban setting; Part Two: The causes of emigration, the passage, the communities, the progress; Part Three: A to Z: Genealogies, Profiles and Remembrances of deserving Families, Individuals and Businesses; and Part Four: Corollary documents. Prof. Pinto’s book is of great relevance to the history of America, of Italian Americans, and in particular of Pescopaganesi. This book would be a valuable gem in libraries of any Institution or Individual.

In This Way We Came to Rome
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

In This Way We Came to Rome

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-01-10
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  • Publisher: Lexham Press

Reconstructing Paul's journey to Rome, day by day In This Way We Came to Rome: With Paul on the Appian Way guides readers along Paul's 150-mile journey to face trial before the Roman emperor (Acts 28). Authors Glen L. Thompson and Mark Wilson draw from both ancient records and modern research to offer the most complete account available of Paul's journey along the ancient world's most famous road—the Appian Way. In addition to geographical and historical insights, the authors provide numerous images, maps, and GPS coordinates, allowing the reader to experience Paul's journey and better understand the ancient world in which he spread the gospel.

Writing the Dead
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

Writing the Dead

Written by one of the world's leading paleographers, this book reconstructs the ways Western cultures have used writing—on tombstones, monuments, scrolls, books, posters—to commemorate the dead from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Proceedings of SIE 2024
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 502

Proceedings of SIE 2024

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Experiencing Rome
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 402

Experiencing Rome

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome

Examines the nexus of learned culture and architecture in the 1730s to 1750s, including major building projects in Rome undertaken by the popes.

The Emperor Elagabalus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 421

The Emperor Elagabalus

The first study to subject the life and reign of the so-called Emperor Elagabalus to a thorough historical investigation.