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Florence Dupont

Author of Daily Life in Ancient Rome

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Works by Florence Dupont

Daily Life in Ancient Rome (1989) — Author — 150 copies, 4 reviews
Le théâtre d'Eschyle (2015) 3 copies
Le Theatre latin (1988) 3 copies
L'insignifiance tragique (2001) 3 copies
Les monstres de Sénèque (1995) 3 copies
Teatro e società a Roma (1991) 2 copies
Le plaisir et la loi (1977) — Author — 2 copies

Associated Works

Medea [in Translation] (0431) — Translator, some editions — 3,419 copies, 66 reviews
Making Men: Sophists and Self-Presentation in Ancient Rome (1994) — Postface, some editions — 32 copies, 2 reviews
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies (2010) — Contributor — 31 copies
A Companion to Food in the Ancient World (2015) — Contributor — 18 copies
Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence (2002) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Roman Cultural Revolution (1997) — Contributor — 8 copies

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6 reviews
Interesting book, but I can't like the Romans as much as the author seems to. Terry Jones' _Barbarians_ seems a clearer picture of Rome was all about--destroying whatever was not Rome.
Most histories of the Roman Republic cover wars and conquests, roads and architecture. This one tells us about how the people of Rome in the centuries prior to the Empire lived. It may suffer a bit from translation, but it's interesting. Their culture was much different from ours. In some ways, it seems oppressive, barbaric, but in others surprisingly civilized.
If there was ever anything that you wanted to know about living in ancient Rome, then Dupont will cover it in this book. Family, children, business, military, food, dining, etc -- the culture is discussed at length in this book. This is a very great resource for historians and enthusiasts alike. Overall -- the book was comprised of paragraphs covering all the topics in republican Rome (before imperial Rome).
> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Dupont-LAntiquite-territoire-des-ecarts-Entretien...

> LIBÉREZ LES ANCIENS ! — En mai 68, à rebours de ses ami(e)s politiques et des choix d'une époque qui rêve de libérer le futur, Florence Dupont décide d'étudier les Anciens: elle sera latiniste. Parce que les Grecs et les Romains, pas plus que les Gaulois, ne sont nos véritables « ancêtres », et parce qu'elle choisit surtout de les considérer comme des « sauvages intérieurs », show more Florence Dupont cherche dans l’Antiquité, non pas un refuge, mais un laboratoire pour de nouvelles contestations.
L’Antiquité, incontournable, est ici redécouverte par une mise à distance et une stratégie qui la préservent des récupérations faciles : l'écart. Arrachant l’Antiquité au grand récit des origines et à l'ensemble des mythes qui la fossilisent, ce « roman d'apprentissage dialogué » fait la démonstration de ce que les Humanités classiques, loin d'être une inutile coquetterie pour étudiants privilégiés, sont, pour tous, un enseignement formidablement émancipateur. Osons de nouveaux usages de l’Antiquité.
*Florence Dupont, L'Antiquité, territoire des écarts : Entretiens avec Pauline Colonna d'Istria et Sylvie Taussig, 304 pages, 22 €, Albin Michel.
L’Homme en Question, (37), Printemps 2013, (p. 4)
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