Roman History in Roman Poetry

Professor of Classical Languages at Florida State University, and author of books and articles on a wide range of Greek and Latin poetry and other fields. Associate Professor of Ancient History at Florida State University, specialising in the history and culture of the Late Republic and Early Empire.

• T.P. Wiseman: Before Naevius: Poetry and History in Early RomeDonncha O’Rourke (University of Edinburgh): Lucretius redacts Thucydides: the AthenianPlague in De Rerum Natura 6.1138–1286 Alex Hardie (University of Edinburgh): Pollio and Apollo in the Eclogues Alex Hardie (University of Edinburgh): Laomedon in the Pre-History of Rome (Vergil, Georgics 1.463–514) Jason Nethercut (University of South Florida): Pyrrhus in Virgil, Lucretius and EnniusW.J. Tatum (Victoria University of Wellington): Virgil, Caesar, Furius, and Gallic WarS.J. Harrison (Corpus Christi College, Oxford): Lyric, Tragedy and History in Horace Odes 2.1Francis Cairns (Florida State University): Propertius 1.21 and 1.22: Unity, Gallan influence,Text, Genres, and the Shape of Book 1Trevor Luke (Florida State University): Caligula cites VergilGiulio Celotto (University of Virginia): Lucan’s Erictho and Tacitus’ Locusta: from Historyto Epic, from Epic to HistoriographyT. Stover (Florida State University): Chaos and Cosmos in Silius Punica 6: Regulus at the Bagrada RiverMolly Pasco-Pranger (The University of Mississippi): Sulpicia’s History and the sapientia pacis: defending Philosophers in a Time of Peace