Caesar's calendar : ancient time and the beginnings of history / Denis Feeney.
Caesar's calendar : ancient time and the beginnings of history / Denis Feeney.
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Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2007.
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xiv, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Synchronising times I : Greece and Rome -- Synchronising times II : West and East, Sicily and the Orient -- Transitions from myth into history I : the foundations of the city -- Transitions from myth into history II : ages of gold and iron -- Years, months, and days I : eras and anniversaries -- Yea...
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Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2007.
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California
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c2007.
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"He investigates the pertinent systems, including the Roman calendar and its near perfect method of capturing the progress of natural time; the annual rhythm of consular government; the plotting of sacred time onto sacred space; the forging of chronological links to the past; and, above all, the experience of empire, by which the Romans meshed the...
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Caesar's calendar : ancient time and the beginnings of history / Denis Feeney.
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The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Sather classical lectures ; v. 65.
Sather classical lectures ; v. 65.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-333) and indexes.
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c2007.
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9780520251199 (cased) :
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529.30937
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