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- catalog abstract "This is a history of life in ancient Rome from the third to the seventh centuries AD. At the beginning of the period Rome was the centre of civilisation, by far the greatest city in the world, whose vast revenues supplied its million people with lavish provisions of food and wine and at least one hundred days of spectacular entertainment each year. It was a city of pristine marble, brightly coloured stucco, with temple and government buildings roofed in dazzling gold and bronze. Its citizens had access to public baths, gardens, libraries, circuses, amphitheatres, and venues for sea-fight spectacles. Well-maintained roads and aqueducts stretched from it in all directions. When Pope Gregory died in Rome in 604 Rome had become a papal power, the centre of western Christianity, the Pantheon itself transformed into a church. The author examines the conversion first of the plebs and later of the nobility, the long struggle between ancient rituals of worship and Christianity, and charts the effects of the latter's triumph on the social and physical fabric of the city. Professor Lancon describes the building of the great city wall which in 410 failed to prevent the first of a series of violent Gothic and Vandal incursions, and the citizens' valiant and repeated efforts to restore their city's glory. He considers changes in sexuality, the position of women, education, the family and life cycle, in the measurement, of time, and in the calendar of games and festivals. He examines the continuing role and prestige of the Senate, and the early years and rise of the papacy. -- back cover.".
- catalog alternative "Rome dans l'Antiquité tardive. English".
- catalog contributor b11994410.
- catalog coverage "Rome (Italy) History 476-1420.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Civilization Christian influences.".
- catalog coverage "Rome History Empire, 284-476.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The city between antiquity and the Middle Ages / Mark Humphries ---- I. Maiestas Quirini: The majesty of the Quirinal -- 1. Looking at the city -- 2. Transforming the city's image -- 3. The phoenix city: War and invasion in the fifth and sixth centuries -- 4. Urban administration -- II. Plebs patresque: Plebeians and patricians -- 5. The nobility, 'elite of the human trace' -- 6. Tradesmen and plebs ---- III. Religio: Religion and religiosity -- 7. Ancestral cults -- 8. The expansion of Christianity -- IV. Saeculum: Worldly concerns -- 9. Life and death: Material civilisation and mental attitudes -- 10. Transforming the calendar -- 11. Festivals and entertainments -- 12. Education and culture -- 13. The influence of Christian Rome ---- Guide to further reading / Mark Humphries.".
- catalog description "This is a history of life in ancient Rome from the third to the seventh centuries AD. At the beginning of the period Rome was the centre of civilisation, by far the greatest city in the world, whose vast revenues supplied its million people with lavish provisions of food and wine and at least one hundred days of spectacular entertainment each year. It was a city of pristine marble, brightly coloured stucco, with temple and government buildings roofed in dazzling gold and bronze. Its citizens had access to public baths, gardens, libraries, circuses, amphitheatres, and venues for sea-fight spectacles. Well-maintained roads and aqueducts stretched from it in all directions. When Pope Gregory died in Rome in 604 Rome had become a papal power, the centre of western Christianity, the Pantheon itself transformed into a church. The author examines the conversion first of the plebs and later of the nobility, the long struggle between ancient rituals of worship and Christianity, and charts the effects of the latter's triumph on the social and physical fabric of the city. Professor Lancon describes the building of the great city wall which in 410 failed to prevent the first of a series of violent Gothic and Vandal incursions, and the citizens' valiant and repeated efforts to restore their city's glory. He considers changes in sexuality, the position of women, education, the family and life cycle, in the measurement, of time, and in the calendar of games and festivals. He examines the continuing role and prestige of the Senate, and the early years and rise of the papacy. -- back cover.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 185 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0748612394".
- catalog identifier "0748612408 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome (Italy) History 476-1420.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Civilization Christian influences.".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Empire, 284-476.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "945.63201 21".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The city between antiquity and the Middle Ages / Mark Humphries ---- I. Maiestas Quirini: The majesty of the Quirinal -- 1. Looking at the city -- 2. Transforming the city's image -- 3. The phoenix city: War and invasion in the fifth and sixth centuries -- 4. Urban administration -- II. Plebs patresque: Plebeians and patricians -- 5. The nobility, 'elite of the human trace' -- 6. Tradesmen and plebs ---- III. Religio: Religion and religiosity -- 7. Ancestral cults -- 8. The expansion of Christianity -- IV. Saeculum: Worldly concerns -- 9. Life and death: Material civilisation and mental attitudes -- 10. Transforming the calendar -- 11. Festivals and entertainments -- 12. Education and culture -- 13. The influence of Christian Rome ---- Guide to further reading / Mark Humphries.".
- catalog title "Rome dans l'Antiquité tardive. English".
- catalog title "Rome in late antiquity : everyday life and urban change, AD 312-609 / Bertrand Lançon ; translated by Antonia Nevill.".
- catalog type "text".