Triumph in defeat : military loss and the Roman Republic /
Why should we investigate the defeats of a society that almost never lost a war? In this book, Jessica H. Clark answers this question by showing what responses to defeat can tell us about the Roman definition of victory. The text traces Roman responses to the Second Punic War, showing the extent to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
Oxford ; New York : [2014] |
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| Summary: | Why should we investigate the defeats of a society that almost never lost a war? In this book, Jessica H. Clark answers this question by showing what responses to defeat can tell us about the Roman definition of victory. The text traces Roman responses to the Second Punic War, showing the extent to which Rome's reputation as an inevitable military victor was constructed by political discourse |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 240 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0199336547 9780199336548 |