The history of make-believe : Tacitus on imperial Rome /

A theoretically sophisticated reading of Tacitus, especially the "Histories", this work points to a fresh understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire. It argues that Tacitus writes about the imaginary picture that imperial society makes of concrete conditions of existe...

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Main Author: Haynes, Holly
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
Series:The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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