Triumph in Defeat

Author	: Jessica Homan Clark
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 273
Release	: 2014
ISBN-10	: 9780199336548
ISBN-13	: 0199336547
Rating	: 4/5 (547 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Triumph in Defeat by : Jessica Homan Clark

Download or read book Triumph in Defeat written by Jessica Homan Clark and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should we investigate the defeats of a society that almost never lost a war? In Triumph in Defeat, Jessica H. Clark answers this question by showing what responses to defeat can tell us about the Roman definition of victory. Triumph in Defeat traces Roman responses to the Second Punic War, showing the extent to which Rome's reputation as an inevitable military victor was constructed by political discourse.

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