Sign-In
Cart
Saeculum: Defining Historical Eras in Ancient Roman Thought
Audio Book
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN13: 9798212954907
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: Aug 22 2023
Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: Aug 22 2023
Language: English
How the notion of unique eras influenced the Roman view of time and the narration of history from various perspectives. The Victorian Era. The Age of Enlightenment. The post-9/11 years. We are accustomed to demarcating history, fencing off one period from the next. But societies have not always operated in this way. Paul Hay returns to Rome in the first century BCE to glimpse the beginnings of periodization as it is still commonly practiced, exploring how the ancient Romans developed a novel sense of time and used it to construct their views of the past and of the possibilities of the future. It was the Roman general Sulla who first sought to portray himself as the inaugurator of a new age of prosperity, and through him Romans adopted the Etruscan term saeculum to refer to a unique era of history. Romans went on to deepen their investment in periodization by linking notions of time to moments of catastrophe, allowing them to conceptualize their own epoch and its conclusion. Periodization further introduced the idea of specific agents of change into Roman thought--agents that were foundational to narratives of progress and decline. An eye-opening account, Saeculum describes nothing less than an intellectual and cognitive revolution, that fundamentally reorganized the meanings of history and time.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Hay, Paul
Also in
Ancient Rome
Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places
Giesecke, Annette
Hardcover
$28.50
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Ryan, Garrett
Paperback
$20.85
The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD
Freeman, Charles
Hardcover
$30.40
Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
Gupta, Nijay K.
Paperback
$18.04
Cincinnatus and the Citizen-Servant Ideal: The Roman Legend's Life, Times, and Legacy
Hillyard, Michael J.
Paperback
$20.99
Meditations (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
Aurelius, Marcus
Hardcover
$39.95
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
Broodbank, Cyprian
Hardcover
$42.75
Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
Cargill-Martin, Honor
Hardcover
From $14.99
The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of the History of Rome from Its Foundation
Livy, Titus
Paperback
$15.20
Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal: Latin text, notes, maps, illustrations and vocabulary
Mulligan, Bret
Paperback
$27.95
Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
Goodman, Rob
Soni, Jimmy
Paperback
$19.00
Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation
Lefkowitz, Mary R.
Fant, Maureen B.
Paperback
$34.00
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
Strauss, Barry
Paperback
From $11.99
A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire
Kaldellis, Anthony
Hardcover
$20.89
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, Second Edition: Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE
Henderson, David E.
Paperback
$30.00
The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
Tacitus, Cornelius
Barrett, Anthony A.
Yardley, J. C.
Paperback
$16.10
The Gallic War (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
Caesar, Julius
Hardcover
$39.95
De Re Militari (Concerning Military Affairs): the Classic Treatise on Warfare at the Pinnacle of the Roman Empire's Power
Renatus, Flavius Vegetius
Hardcover
$25.00
To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Conquerors, Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World
Schulz, Raimund J.
Savage, Robert
Hardcover
$34.99
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 to 3 (of Six)(Box Set): Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper
Gibbon, Edward
Hardcover
$95.00
Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home
Sunshine, Glenn S.
Paperback
$18.99
Cookery And Dining In Imperial Rome: A Bibliography, Critical Review and Translation of Apicius De Re Coquinaria
Vehling, Joseph Dommers
Apicius
Paperback
$11.66
A Noble Ruin: Mark Antony, Civil War, and the Collapse of the Roman Republic
Tatum, W. Jeffrey
Hardcover
$34.95