Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9333545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Lateiner (corresponding author), Gregory S Aldrete |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-201 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8418 • E-ISSN: 1558-9234 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4352541 |
| OpenAlex | W601053141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
Life in Rome was relentlessly public and oratory was at its heart. In this in-depth study of oratorical gestures and crowd acclamations as methods of communication at public spectacles, the author seeks to recapture the original context of these interactive, dramatic and contentious public performances. At the most basic level, the book is a study of communication - how Roman speakers communicated with their audiences and how audiences in turn were able to reply and convey their reactions to the speakers. Aldrete begins by investigating how orators employed an extraordinarily sophisticated system of hand and body gestures in order to enhance the persuasive power of their speeches. He then turns to the target of these orations, the audience, and examines how they responded through the mechanism of acclamations, that is rhythmically shouted comments. The author finds that much in these ancient spectacles that is relevant to modern questions of political propaganda, manipulation of public image, crowd behaviour and speechmaking
Ancient history · Art · Gesture · Linguistics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy
Setting the Stage
Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective
Walking in Roman Culture
Performance and Identity in the Classical World
Saluting the “Skutnik”
Ritual, Memory and Writing in Early Christianity
Gesture and Gesturality in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus
In Mommsen's Shade
Suffering in Silence
Theater of the Holy
Hymns as Acclamations
A City of Brick
The Ara Pacis Augustae
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2017 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |