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The Fragility of Power: Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid
Rebeggiani, Stefano (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Southern California)
The Fragility of Power: Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid
Rebeggiani, Stefano (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Southern California)
A new reading of Statius' Thebaid, based on a groundbreaking reconstruction of cultural and political life under Domitian. This book studies the Thebaid's view of imperial power and its interaction with Roman history. It provides a new vision of the poem's political stance and of its relationship with its literary predecessors.
336 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 8, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9780190251819 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 164 × 238 × 29 mm · 544 g |