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The politics of public space in Republican Rome / Amy Russell (Durham University).

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"Taking public space as her starting point, Amy Russell offers a fresh analysis of the ever-fluid public/private divide in Republican Rome. Built on the 'spatial turn' in Roman studies and incorporating textual and archaeological evidence, this book uncovers a rich variety of urban sp...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Russell, Amy, 1982-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Rome > Social life and customs.
Public spaces > Rome > History.
Space (Architecture) > Social aspects > Rome > History.
City and town life > Rome > History.
Rome > Antiquities.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-265 B.C.
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome (Italy) > History > To 476.
Antiquities.
City and town life.
Manners and customs.
Public spaces.
Space (Architecture) > Social aspects.
Italy > Rome.
Rome (Empire)
To 476
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Roman concepts : publicus and privatus
  • 3. The definition of political space in the Forum Romanum
  • 4. The Forum between political space and private space
  • 5. Gods, patrons, and community in sacred space
  • 6. Greek, Roman, public, and private : the space of art and the art of space
  • 7. Pompey and the privatisation of public space on the Campus Martius
  • 8. Conclusion: The death of public space?

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