Thesis
Roman public libraries
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This thesis aims to investigate the development and functions of public libraries in Rome and the Roman world. After a preface with maps of libraries in Rome, Section I discusses the precursors for public library provision in the private book collections of Republican Rome, and their transfer into the public domain with the first public libraries of Asinius Pollio and Augustus.
Section II contains three 'case studies' of public libraries' different roles. The Augustan library progr...
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- 2005
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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602157019
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2013-01-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Nicholls, Matthew Charles
- Copyright date:
- 2005
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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