Juliana Bastos Marques is Professor of Ancient History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO), Brazil. She works on ancient historiography, historical theory, and public history. She is the author of Tradição e renovações da identidade romana em Tito Lívio e Tácito (2012), and is currently researching aspects of classical reception in Brazilian history.Federico Santangelo is Professor of Ancient History at Newcastle University, UK. He works on the history of the Roman world, ancient historiography, and the history of classical scholarship. He is the author of Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic (2013) and Roma repubblicana: Una storia in quaranta vite (2019).

This anthology is such a compelling read for anyone in the field, whether you are a tenured professor or a teacher in Classics in whichever curriculum.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction - Juliana Bastos Marques (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Federico Santangelo (Newcastle University, UK)Part I: Ancient Models1. Authority and Authenticity – John Marincola (Florida State University, USA)2. Poetry as History: The Authority of Lucan as a Historian – Leni Ribeiro Leite (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil)3. Truth and History – Roger Chartier (Collège de France, Paris, France)4. 1. The Time of Restitution of All Things: Past as Future in Michael Servetus– Elaine Cristine Sartorelli (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)Part II: Modern Questions5. Classics and Western civilization: The Troubling History of an Authoritative Narrative – Rebecca Futo Kennedy (Denison University, USA)6. ‘The Society that Separates its Scholars from its Keyboard Warriors…’: Tracking Thucydides on Twitter – Neville Morley (University of Exeter, UK)7. Is Livy a Good Wikipedian? AuthorityandAudienceinAncientHistoriography and Contemporary Anonymous Writing – Juliana Bastos Marques (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)8. The New Agora? Online Communities and a New Rhetoric – Catalina Popescu (Texas Tech University, USA)9. Classical Literature and Contemporary Classics – Ayelet Haimson Lushkov (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)NotesBibliographyIndex

Juliana Bastos Marques is Professor of Ancient History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO), Brazil. She works on ancient historiography, historical theory, and public history. She is the author of Tradição e renovações da identidade romana em Tito Lívio e Tácito (2012), and is currently researching aspects of classical reception in Brazilian history.Federico Santangelo is Professor of Ancient History at Newcastle University, UK. He works on the history of the Roman world, ancient historiography, and the history of classical scholarship. He is the author of Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic (2013) and Roma repubblicana: Una storia in quaranta vite (2019).

This anthology is such a compelling read for anyone in the field, whether you are a tenured professor or a teacher in Classics in whichever curriculum.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction - Juliana Bastos Marques (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Federico Santangelo (Newcastle University, UK)Part I: Ancient Models1. Authority and Authenticity – John Marincola (Florida State University, USA)2. Poetry as History: The Authority of Lucan as a Historian – Leni Ribeiro Leite (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil)3. Truth and History – Roger Chartier (Collège de France, Paris, France)4. 1. The Time of Restitution of All Things: Past as Future in Michael Servetus– Elaine Cristine Sartorelli (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)Part II: Modern Questions5. Classics and Western civilization: The Troubling History of an Authoritative Narrative – Rebecca Futo Kennedy (Denison University, USA)6. ‘The Society that Separates its Scholars from its Keyboard Warriors…’: Tracking Thucydides on Twitter – Neville Morley (University of Exeter, UK)7. Is Livy a Good Wikipedian? AuthorityandAudienceinAncientHistoriography and Contemporary Anonymous Writing – Juliana Bastos Marques (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)8. The New Agora? Online Communities and a New Rhetoric – Catalina Popescu (Texas Tech University, USA)9. Classical Literature and Contemporary Classics – Ayelet Haimson Lushkov (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)NotesBibliographyIndex