The Ancient City by Numa Denis Fustel De
With this influential study, French historian Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges initiated a new approach to Greek and Roman city organization. Fustel de Coulanges' 1864 masterpiece, La Cite antique, drew upon physical evidence as well as ancient documents rather than the usual post-Classical histories. The result is a fresh, accurate, and detailed portrait of the religious, family, and civic life of Periclean Athens and Rome during the time of Cicero.This fascinating sociological account reveals the significance of kinship and the cult of the family hearth and ancestors to ancient Hellenic and Latin urban culture. It chronicles the rise of family-centered pagan belief systems, tracing their gradual decline to the spread of Christianity.Fustel cites ancient Indian and Hebrew texts as well as Greek and Roman sources. The ingenuity of his interpretations, along withhis striking prose style, offer readers a vital and enduring historic survey.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780486447308 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486447308 |
| Title | The Ancient City |
| Author | Numa Fustel De Coulanges |
| Series | Dover Books On History Political And Social Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2006-12-12 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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