Neville Morley
Auteur van Writing Ancient History
Over de Auteur
Neville Morley is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of nine books, and blogs about classics at thesphinxblog.com.
Fotografie: Neville Morley [credit: The Bristol Tab]
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Werken van Neville Morley
Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC-AD 200 (1996) 24 exemplaren
A Handbook to the Reception of Thucydides (HCRZ - Wiley Blackwell Handbooks to Classical Reception) (2014) — Redacteur — 8 exemplaren
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The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 1, The Ancient Mediterranean World (2011) — Medewerker — 22 exemplaren
Settlement, Urbanization, and Population (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy) (2012) — Medewerker — 17 exemplaren
Translation and the Classic: Identity as Change in the History of Culture (Classical Presences) (2008) — Medewerker — 17 exemplaren
Demography and the Graeco-Roman World: New Insights and Approaches (2011) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Classical Antiquity in Video Games: Playing with the Ancient World (IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual… (2020) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Nietzsche and Antiquity: His Reaction and Response to the Classical Tradition (Studies in German Literature Linguistics… (2004) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
The Western Time of Ancient History: Historiographical Encounters with the Greek and Roman Pasts (2011) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
Globalisation and the Roman World: World History, Connectivity and Material Culture (2014) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
Brills Companion to the Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond (Brill's Companions to Classical Reception)… (1749) — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
People, Land, and Politics : Demographic Developments and the Transformation of Roman Italy, 300 BC–AD 14 (2008) — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Debt in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East: Credit, Money, and Social Obligation (2022) — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
Reconciling Ancient and Modern Philosophies of History (Trends in Classics - Pathways of Reception, 3) (2020) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Morley, Neville Daniel Gregory
- Geboortedatum
- 1969-03-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge
- Beroepen
- historian
- Organisaties
- University of Bristol
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This anthology of brief extracts from modern writers on ancient Greece and Rome is divided into two parts. One is based on themes such as slavery, or death and burial. The other is arranged by writer and is meant to illustrate each writer's approach to the subject.
On the whole I think the first part based on themes worked better. I found the second half difficult to follow except where I already had some knowledge of the writer's works.
On the whole I think the first part based on themes worked better. I found the second half difficult to follow except where I already had some knowledge of the writer's works.
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- Werken
- 11
- Ook door
- 22
- Leden
- 243
- Populariteit
- #93,557
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 48
- Talen
- 1
While the book may have been aimed at students and post-grads, its message should be internalized by anyone writing history (of any era) with a mixed audience in mind. On a fun note, Thucydides gives good challenge to Herodotus for the Father of History title — everyone’s a critic.… (meer)