£127.00

De Gruyter Biographie und Bildungskultur - Millennium Studien 4

Name: De Gruyter Biographie und Bildungskultur - Millennium Studien 4
Brand: De Gruyter
Price: 127.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Ancient History & Civilisation

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£127 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 46 days • 46 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 46 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £127 (46 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £127 - £127

Price levels: 1 different prices over 46 days

Description

Explore the significance of biographical knowledge within the educational culture of the 2nd century AD. This academic work examines how contemporary authors utilized different literary forms to present individuals through a cross-genre lens. By analyzing the letters of Pliny the Younger, the miscellaneous works of Aulus Gellius, and the imperial biographies of Sueton, the text provides a deep look into ancient portraiture. The study investigates the commonalities found across these diverse writings, such as the normative potential of historical figures and the commemoration of contemporaries. It is an essential resource for students and researchers interested in ancient history, literary presentation, and the social structures of the Roman era. This volume, part of the Millennium Studien series, offers a focused investigation into how character and reputation were constructed in classical literature.

Key Features

Analyzes person representations in the writings of Pliny the Younger, Gellius, and Sueton.

Investigates the role of biographical knowledge in the educational culture of the 2nd century AD.

Examines various literary forms used by ancient authors for presenting individual figures.

Provides a cross-genre perspective on classical biographical studies and historical portraits.

Explores the normative potential of historical figures and the commemoration of contemporaries.

Part of the specialized Millennium Studien series published by De Gruyter.

Product Specifications

Brand: De Gruyter
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 3110182475
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 25 October 2004
Listed Since: 17 October 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

De Gruyter Biographie und Bildungskultur - Millennium Studien 4

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Collected Papers on Suetonius

Typen, Gruppen und Individuen bei Livius: Untersuchungen zur Darstellung und Funktion historischer Akteure in >ab urbe condita<: 377 (Beitrage zur Altertumskunde, 377)

Suetonius: The Fragments (Translated Texts from Antiquity: 2)

The Roman Empress Ulpia Severina: Ruler and Goddess (Queenship and Power)

Der Kaiser Im Krieg: Die Bilder Der Säule Des Marc Aurel: 11 (Image & Context)

An Empire of Elites: The Self-Representation of the Senatorial Aristocracy in the Later Roman State in the Fourth Century AD (Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies)

Oxford University Press - Julian Augustus: Platonism and Rome

Who's Who In The Roman World :

The Fragments of the Roman Historians

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus (Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World)

Procopius of Caesarea: Literary and Historical Interpretations

Leadership and Leaders in Polybius: 145 (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 145)

Roman Portraits in Context: 2 (Image & Context, 2)

Beyond Boundaries - Connecting Visual Cultures in the Provinces of Ancient Rome (Getty Publications –)

C. Sallusti Crispi Historiae: I: Fragmenta 1.1-146: 51 (Texte Und Kommentare)

Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Chronology

Paterculus: Tiberian Narrative: 19 (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 19)

Die griechische Biographie in hellenistischer Zeit: Akten Des Internationalen Kongresses Vom 26.-29. Juli 2006 in Würzburg: 245 (Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde)

Procopius and the Sixth Century

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Biography

>Suétone Narrateur: Biographie Und Erzählung in >De Vita Caesarum: 106 (Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies)

From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader (Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers)

Routledge Apuleius and Africa: 18 Classical Studies Monograph

Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality: 56 (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology)