TY - BOOK ID - 142200176 TI - Roman luxuria : a literary and cultural history PY - 2023 SN - 0192661523 0191938718 0192661515 PB - Oxford, England : Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Latin literature KW - Literature KW - Luxury in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - Luxury in literature KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142200176 AB - This book examines the etymological and semantic origins of luxuria in key Latin texts. It discusses the influence of Greek culture on the Roman concept and examines a wide array of classical authors and genres to trace how luxuria becomes one of the Seven Capital Sins in late antiquity, representing the vice of lust. ER -