Jörg Rüpke ; English translation by David M.B. Richardson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Malden, MA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wiley-Blackwell,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vi, 226 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
26 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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"Originally published in German under the title Kalender und Öffentlichkeit : die Geschichte der Repräsentation und religiösen Qualifikation von Zeit in Rom ... Walter de Gruyter ... 1995."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Time's social dimension -- Observations on the Roman fasti -- Towards an early history of the Roman calendar -- The introduction of the Republican calendar -- The written calendar -- The Acilian law and the problem of pontifical intercalation -- Reinterpretation of the fasti in the temple of the Muses -- From Republic to Empire -- The disappearance of marble calendars -- Calendar monopoly and competition between calendars -- The calendar in the public realm