{"title":"Roman History","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781107475991","title":"Walking in Roman Culture by  O'Sullivan, Timothy M.","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781107475991\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCambridge University Press | 18 December 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback | 202 pages \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalking served as an occasion for the display of power and status in ancient Rome, where great men paraded with their entourages through city streets and elite villa owners strolled with friends in private colonnades and gardens. In this book-length treatment of the culture of walking in ancient Rome, Timothy O'Sullivan explores the careful attention which Romans paid to the way they moved through their society. He employs a wide range of literary, artistic and architectural evidence to reveal the crucial role that walking played in the performance of social status, the discourse of the body and the representation of space. By examining how Roman authors depict walking, this book sheds new light on the Romans themselves - not only how they perceived themselves and their experience of the world, but also how they drew distinctions between work and play, mind and body, and Republic and Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IH PENTZ BOOKSELLERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40682598596770,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/products\/9781107475991.jpg?v=1631610772"},{"product_id":"9780415081504","title":"ROME IN AFRICA by Raven, Susan","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780415081504\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd | 1 April 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback | 292 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa, and ever since successive civilizations have been imposed on the local inhabitants, largely from outside. Carthaginians, Romans, vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, French and Italians have all occupied the region in their time. The Romans governed this part of Africa for six hundred cities, twelve thousand miles of roads and hundreds of aquaducts, some fifty miles long. The remains of many of these structures can be seen today. At the height of its prosperity, during the second and third centuries AD, the area was the granary of Rome, and produced more olive oil than Italy itself. The broadening horizons of the Roman Empire provided scope for the particular talents of a number of Africa's sons: the writers Terence and Apuleius; the first African Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, famous Christian theologians like Tertulllian and Saint Augustine - these are just some who rose to meet the challenges of their age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IH Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42483908935842,"sku":"","price":375.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/products\/9780415081504.jpg?v=1660812202"}],"url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/collections\/roman-history.oembed","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}