Roman Luxuria: A Literary and Cultural History

by Berno and Francesca Romana Berno

In classical Latin, luxuria means 'desire for luxury'; it is linked with the ideas of excess and deviation from a standard. It is in most cases labelled as a vice which contrasts with the innate frugal nature of the Romans. Latin authors do not see it as endemic but as an import from the East in the aftermath of military conquests--and as a cause of fatal decline.

Following these etymological and semantic origins, Roman Luxuria: A Literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019284640X
• ISBN13: 9780192846402
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.8" x 9.0"