Crossing the Pomerium: The Boundaries of Political, Religious, and Military Institutions from Caesar to...

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Michael Koortbojian

Crossing the Pomerium

The Boundaries of Political, Religious, and Military Institutions from Caesar to Constantine...

Michael Koortbojian

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Princeton University Pres
31 March 2020

History of art: ancient & classical art; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Military history; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient Rome

The ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division marked by the pomerium, an abstract religious and legal boundary that was central to the myth of the city's foundation. In this book, Mic

By: Michael Koortbojian
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9780691195032
ISBN 10: 069119503X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Koortbojian is the Moses Taylor Pyne Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. He is the author of The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus and Myth, Meaning, and Memory on Roman Sarcophagi.

Reviews for Crossing the Pomerium: The Boundaries of Political, Religious, and Military Institutions from Caesar to Constantine

Koortbojian's study brilliantly parses the evidence, using both texts and images, to identify how the pomerium operated as a Roman concept, rather than just a physical boundary. ---Nicholas Wagner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Thorough and impressive ---Saskia Stevens, ARYS: Antiguedad, Religiones y Sociedades I . . . appreciated the clarity of [Koortbojian's] written expression, including the use of sub-head-ings to mark out the individual building-blocks of his arguments, and the lavish illustrations. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to all those interested in Roman art, politics, religion and the processes of thinking about them. ---Penelope Goodman, Gnomon