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Animals in Roman Life and Art

Paperback • 1996 • English

Animals in Roman Life and Art

By Professor J. M. C. Toynbee

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"[This] is one of the outstanding paradoxes of the Roman mind that a people that was so much alive to the interest and beauty of the animal kingdom, that admired the intelligence and skill to be found in so many of its representatives, that never seemed to tire of the sight of rare and unfamiliar specimens, that displayed such devotion to its pets, should yet have taken pleasure in the often hideous sufferings and agonizing deaths of quantities of magnificent and noble creatures."--from the Intr...Show more

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9780801855337

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Animals in Roman Life and Art

Format

Paperback

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