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[size=150:3l51cko3]O[/size]kay, I am working on something about the Roman Man himself and so am looking for help about ([size=75:3l51cko3]as I say in the subject line above[/size]) Mannerisms and Cultural Traits of Romans in General. Can anyone help?
Thanks, Marsh
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Khaire Varianu,
Have you read Patronius' Satyricon? It offers great insight into the Roman psyche. Quite the read, too.
Khaire,
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That's a pretty tall order. I've tried my hand at writing something like that for use in the SCA - twice - and you're welcome to both attempts, but I'm really not happy with either (mail me if you want the docs). More of a one-thousand-page-topic.
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More of the usual general general reference I imagine;
www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture10b.html
The Table of Contents is here:
www.historyguide.org/ancient/ancient.html
Lecture 13 may be valid too:
www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture13b.html
Try here as well:
www.cwru.edu/affil/GAIR/cba/conway.html
This is interesting:
www.roman-empire.net/society/society.html Quote:no Roman could be his own judge, but could see himself only through the eyes of others.
The description of this book also looks relevant; "Roman Honor,
The Fire in the Bones" by Carlin A. Barton:
www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8714.html
Also by the same author; "The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster." It's description says it's an unusual study of the Roman psyche through the Roman obsession with the Games.
This article looks like it may expand on the usual stuff a bit more, but you need to find a way of getting access to it:
muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/american_journal_of_philology/v125/125.3konstan.html
And this page on the nature of Fides:
www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/fides.html
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There is a collection of very good essays edited by [amazon]Andrea Giardina, The Romans [/amazon] which includes chapters on 'The Soldier' and if I recall correctly, 'The Man'.
The purpose of volume was to provide profiles of different sorts of Romans and their value systems so it may well provide you with some very useful material.
And look, I remembered to put the amazon tags in!
Kate