Rubor et Pudor. Vivre et penser la honte dans la Rome ancienne. Amérique centrale et du sud It’s an attempt at memory

It’s an attempt at memory

the Restless Heirs THE ROMAN WORLD The Age of Legends (753-990 BC) The Republic of Conquests (390-264 BC) The First Two Punic Wars (264-202 BC) Mare Nostrum (202-146 BC) The Troubled Republic (146-31 BC) The Julio-Claudian Principate (31 BC to 68 AD) The New Men (69-138 AD)

Italien et allemand

all recounted with good humor

The supposed contempt of the Greeks for artisans and artists is only a moralist's fantasy: in fact

Rubor et Pudor. Vivre et penser la honte dans la Rome ancienne. Amérique centrale et du sud It’s an attempt at memoryIn ancient Rome, shame was an effective tool for controlling behavior. A social phenomenon, an ideological tool, and an intellectual object, it constitutes a privileged access point to Roman mentalities and ways of thinking. But while presenting itself to modern readers through the misleading prism of a uniform designation, shame encompassed diverse realities, practices, and functions: sometimes formalized by scholarly studies or exploited in literary