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Life and Death in the Roman Suburb
- De: Allison L.C. Emmerson
- Narrado por: Janet Metzger
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
Defined by borders both physical and conceptual, the Roman city stood apart as a concentration of life and activity that was legally, economically, and ritually divided from its rural surroundings. Death was a key area of control, and tombs were relegated outside city walls from the Republican period through Late Antiquity. Given this separation, an unexpected phenomenon marked the Augustan and early Imperial periods: Roman cities developed suburbs, built-up areas beyond their boundaries, where the living and the dead came together in densely urban environments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting and informative!
- De Kindle Customer en 01-06-22
- Life and Death in the Roman Suburb
- De: Allison L.C. Emmerson
- Narrado por: Janet Metzger
Fascinating and eye opening history
Revisado: 12-20-20
Like many others, I was taught that the ancient Romans strictly segregated the dead from the living in fear of ritual pollution, and Emmerson not only demonstrates why that is wrong but also constructs a new model of life outside the city wall. The book is academic but still lively.
The narration was also excellent and I appreciate that Metzger used proper Latin pronunciation.
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- De: Paul Strathern
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,386
Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance, which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Interwoven into the narrative are the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fun Story Bad History
- De Elizabeth Barrett en 05-09-16
- The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- De: Paul Strathern
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
A beautifully told narrative but a poor history
Revisado: 12-20-20
There are two aspects to this book: there is a grand biographical narrative of the Medici family, and there is a history of the family, the times and the places. The history is remarkably shoddy: errors abound, from the small and baffling (Pope Leo X's elephant was in no way the first one in Italy since Hannibal) to the large and significant (the description of Medieval scholasticism is laughable, it is clear Strathern wasted no effort doing actual research on the topic). Likewise, there is very little in the way of useful explanatory frameworks in here, Strathern has very few analytical tools aside from a clumsy Freudianism and thus he is heavily reliant on his interpretation of the characters of the individuals discussed for the history. You will find little that has been touched by social or economic history here, a reader wanting to know why the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici and Cosimo III were different would find little outside a vague mention that "banking profits declined" and lurid descriptions of their personal foibles, likewise, you will not gain much understanding of what the Medici actually did with power outside of artistic patronage.
That said, I finished it quickly because it is gripping and wonderfully told narrative, Strathern is a truly talented author, and the worlds he has conjured from the glittering belle epoque of Lorenzo the Magnificent to the long Faulknerian decline to Gian Gastone will be sticking with me.
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