The Greek and Roman trophy:

"In The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power, Kinnee presents the first monographic treatment of ancient trophies in sixty years. The study spans Archaic Greece through the Augustan Principate. Kinnee aims to create a holistic view of this complex monument-type by br...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinnee, Lauren (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2018
Series:Routledge monographs in classical studies
Routledge monographs in classical studies
Subjects:
Online Access:URL des Erstveroeffentlichers
Summary:"In The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power, Kinnee presents the first monographic treatment of ancient trophies in sixty years. The study spans Archaic Greece through the Augustan Principate. Kinnee aims to create a holistic view of this complex monument-type by breaking down boundaries between the study of art history, philology, the history of warfare, and the anthropology of religion and magic. Ultimately, the kaleidoscopic picture that emerges is of an ad hoc anthropomorphic Greek talisman that gradually developed into a sophisticated, Augustan sculptural or architectural statement of power. The former, a product of the hoplite phalanx, disappeared from battlefields as the Macedonian cavalry grew in importance, shifting instead onto coins and into rhetoric, where it became a statement of military might. For their part, the Romans seem to have encountered the trophy as an icon on Syracusan coinage. Recognizing its value as a statement of territorial ownership, the Romans spent two centuries honing the trophy-concept into an empire-building tool, planted at key locations around the Mediterranean to assert Roman presence and dominance.This volume covers a ubiquitous but poorly understood phenomenon and will therefore be instructive to upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in all fields of Classical Studies."--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--New York University, 2011) under the title: Roman trophy from battlefield marker to emblem of power
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781315225333
1315225336
9781351846585
1351846582
9781351846578
1351846574
9781351846561
1351846566

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection!