Fides in Flavian Literature

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Fides in Flavian Literature explores the ideology of "good faith" (fides) during the time of the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian (69–96 CE), the new imperial dynasty that gained power in the wake of the civil wars of the period. The contributors to this volume consider the significance and semantic range of this Roman value in works that deal in myth, contemporary poetry, and history in both prose and verse. Though it does not claim to offer the comprehensive "last word" on fides in Flavian Rome, the book aims to show that fides in this period was subjected to a particularly striking and special brand of contestation and reconceptualization, used to interrogate the broad cultural changes and anxieties of the Flavian period as well as connect to a republican and imperial past. The editors argue that fides was both a vehicle for reconciliation and a means to test the nature of "good faith" in the wake of a devastating and divisive period in Roman history.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-09
Mått:165 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:660 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487505530

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Antony Augoustakis is a professor in the Department of the Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Emma Buckley is a senior lecturer in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews.Claire Stocks is a lecturer in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Newcastle University.

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments Abbreviations1. Introduction Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emma Buckley, St. Andrews University, and Claire Stocks, Newcastle UniversityPart I Fides: Flavian Politics2. Broken Bonds: Perfidy and the Discourse of Civil War Claire Stocks, Newcastle University3. The Fides of Flavius Josephus Steve Mason, University of Groningen4. "A Greater Love": Fides in Statius’ Silvae Neil W. Bernstein, Ohio UniversityPart II Fides: Flavian Myth5. Faith in Fate: Plot, Gods, and Metapoetic Morality in Valerius Flaccus Helen Lovatt, Nottingham University6. Women’s Fides in Statius’ Thebaid Alison Keith, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto7. Haec Pietas, Haec Fides: Permutations of Trust in Statius’ Thebaid Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8. Trust and Mistrust in the Achilleid Dániel Kozák, Eötvös Loránd UniversityPart III Fides: Flavian History9. Fides, Pietas, and the Outbreak of Hostilities in Punica Raymond Marks, University of Missouri-Columbia10. Hannibal as (Anti-)Hero of Fides in Silius’ Punica Marco Fucecchi, University of Udine11. The Failure of Female Fides in the Octavia Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, University of Cincinnati12. Fides under Fire: Virtue and Vice in the Octavia Emma Buckley, St. Andrews UniversityPart IV Revisiting Flavian Fides13. Flavian Fides in Tacitus’ Histories Salvador Bartera, Mississippi State UniversityBibliographyList of Contributors Index Locorum Genderal Index