Jordanes: Romana and Getica

AvPeter Van Nuffelen,Lieve Van Hoof

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Of Gothic descent, Jordanes wrote a unique set of histories. The Getica narrates the history of the Goths from their earliest origins until the middle of the sixth century. Building on the lost history of Cassiodorus, it is the earliest example of a history told from the perspective of one of the barbarian peoples establishing kingdoms in the fifth and sixth centuries. It had great influence on later medieval historians, on national histories of the nineteenth century and on modern accounts of Gothic history. The Romana is a survey of world and Roman history. Whilst largely dependent on traditional Roman histories and chronicles for events up to the fourth century, it contains much unique information for the last two centuries it narrates. This book offers the first translation into English of the Getica for a century and the first modern translation of the Romana. The introduction locates the Getica and the Romana in the context of ancient historiography, building a new picture of Jordanes as a historian and of the two works themselves. It also offers a detailed discussion of the sources used by Jordanes, suggesting possible ways to identify his debt to Cassiodorus. Extensive notes guide the reader through these fascinating but often complex texts.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-30
Mått:147 x 210 x 34 mm
Vikt:748 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Translated Texts for Historians
Antal sidor:480
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9781789628104

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Peter Van Nuffelen is Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University. His books include Orosius and the Rhetoric of History, Oxford University Press, 2012 and (with Lieve Van Hoof) The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300–620), Cambridge University Press, 2020, and (ed. with Lieve Van Hoof) Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. An Inventory of Late Antique Historiography (A.D. 300–800), Brepols, 2020. Lieve Van Hoof is Professor of Ancient History and Classics at Ghent University. In addition to the books co-authored with Peter Van Nuffelen, her publications include Libanius: A Critical Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2014, and Plutarch’s Practical Ethics: The Social Dynamics of Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2010.

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‘This is a beautifully crafted book. It is also very thorough and meticulous, and the authors have taken great pains to introduce Jordanes to modern readers as comprehensively as possible… Peter Van Nuffelen and Lieve Van Hoof certainly deserve to be commended for their careful, meticulous and honest approach to Jordanes and all the riddles associated with him.’ Stanislav Doležal, Latomus

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AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Life and context2. The Romana3. The Getica4. Sources5. Text and translation6. The medieval and humanist receptionTranslationA summary of all times, or On the origin and deeds of the Roman peopleOn the origin and deeds of the GetaeAppendicesMaps BibliographyIndices