Gestures and acclamations in ancient Rome
1999, First Edition. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420795
ISBN: 0801861322
Physical description; xxv, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Series; Ancient society and history. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index. Contents; I. Speakers. 1. Eloquence without Words: Uses of Gesture in Roman Oratory. 2. Gesture in Roman Society. 3. Oratory and the Roman Emperors -- II. Audiences. 4. Uses of Acclamations by the Urban Plebs. 5. Characteristics of the Use of Acclamations. Subjects; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin History and criticism. Oral communication Rome. Gesture Rome History. Rhetoric, Ancient. Oratory, Ancient. Gesture in art. Audiences. Oratory Political aspects Rome. Rome Politics and government.
Price: €75.00