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Book SynopsisIn Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography colleagues and students honor Richard J.A. Talbert for his numerous contributions and influence on the fields of ancient history, political and social science, as well as cartography and geography. This collection of original and useful examinations is focused around the core theme of Talbert’s work – how ancient individuals and groups organized their world, through their institutions and geography. The first half of the book considers institutional history in chapters on such diverse topics as the Roman Senate, Roman provincial politics and administration, healing springs, gladiators, and soldiers. Chapters on the geography of Thucydides and Alexander III, imperial geography, tracking letters and using sundials round out the second half of the book.
Trade Review"The volume achieves three distinct objectives. First, by adopting a diachronic approach, the editors encourage the reader to draw connections across time and discipline. (...) Second, while this volume, as is typical with Festschriften, demonstrates an extraordinary diversity in topics, each article remains extraordinarily accessible. As such, even non-experts would find a starting point for further exploration. Third, Talbert’s scholarship is a part of each paper, demonstrating further his broad influence on scholarship of antiquity. Scholars, though their interests may range from Alexander’s wars to late-antique dioceses, will find something of value in this volume, not just in their area of expertise, but in others as well. Much like Talbert’s many important contributions, this volume should find itself in libraries of ancient historians and philologist of extremely diverse interests." Laurent J. Cases in BMCR 2018.12.42
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Figures and Maps List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Part 1 - Introduction Chaps and Maps: Reflections on a Career with Institutional and Cartographic History Lee L. Brice and Daniëlle Slootjes Cumulative Bibliography of Works by Richard J.A. Talbert Tom Elliott Part 2 - Roman Institutions 1 Plutarchan Prosopography: The Cursus Honorum Philip A. Stadter 2 The Lex Julia de Senatu Habendo: A View from the 1930s Jonathan Scott Perry 3 Tacitus on Trial(s) Leanne Bablitz 4 Curial Communiqué: Memory, Propaganda, and the Roman Senate House Sarah E. Bond 5 Second Chance for Valor: Restoration of Order After Mutinies and Indiscipline Lee L. Brice 6 Training Gladiators: Life in the Ludus Garrett G. Fagan 7 Statuenehrungen als Zeugnis für den Einfluss römischer Amtsträger im Leben einer Provinz Werner Eck 8 Dio Chrysostom as a Local Politician: A Critical Reappraisal Christopher J. Fuhrmann 9 Late Antique Administrative Structures: On the Meaning of Dioceses and their Borders in the Fourth Century AD Daniëlle Slootjes Part 3 - Geography and Cartographic History 10 The Geography of Thucydides Cheryl L. Golden 11 An Anatolian Itinerary, 334–333 BC Fred S. Naiden 12 Visualizing Empire in Imperial Rome Mary T. Boatwright 13 The Provinces and Worldview of Velleius Paterculus Brian Turner 14 Litterae Datae Blandenone: A Letter in Search of a Posting Address Jerzy Linderski 15 Using Sundials George W. Houston 16 The Healing Springs of Latium and Etruria John F. Donahue 17 The Shaping Hand of the Environment: Three Phases of Development in Classical Antiquity Michael Maas Geographic Index General Index
