Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gregory S. AldreteSeries:Ancient Society and HistoryPublish date:2003-09-01Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801877315ISBN-10:801877318UPC:9780801877315Book Category:History, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Ancient, Social History, Communication StudiesBook Topic:RomeSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SC24JZCW3V
Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome
Life in Rome was relentlessly public, and oratory was at its heart. Orations were dramatic spectacles in which the speaker deployed an arsenal of rhetorical tricks and strategies aimed at arousing the emotions of the audience, and spectators responded vigorously and vocally with massed chants of praise or condemnation. Unfortunately, many aspects of these performances have been lost. In the first...
Series: Ancient Society and History
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801877315ISBN-10:801877318UPC:9780801877315Book Category:History, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Ancient, Social History, Communication StudiesBook Topic:RomeSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SC24JZCW3V
Gregory S. Aldrete is an associate professor of history and humanistic studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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