Saeculum: Defining Historical Eras in Ancient Roman Thought

by Paul Hay

The Victorian Era. The Age of Enlightenment. The post-9/11 years. We are accustomed to demarcating history, fencing off one period from the next. But societies have not always operated in this way. Paul Hay returns to Rome in the first century BCE to glimpse the beginnings of periodization as it is still commonly practiced, exploring how the ancient Romans developed a novel sense of time and used it to construct their views of the past and of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477327398
• ISBN13: 9781477327395
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"