Jordanes: Romana and Getica

AvPeter Van Nuffelen,Lieve Van Hoof

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Of Gothic descent, Jordanes wrote a unique setof histories. The Getica narrates thehistory of the Goths from their earliest origins until the middle of the sixthcentury. Building on the lost history of Cassiodorus, it is the earliestexample of a history told from the perspective of one of the barbarian peoplesestablishing kingdoms in the fifth and sixth centuries. It had great influenceon later medieval historians, on national histories of the nineteenth centuryand on modern accounts of Gothic history. The Romana is a survey of world and Roman history. Whilst largelydependent on traditional Roman histories and chronicles for events up to thefourth century, it contains much unique information for the last two centuriesit narrates. This book offers the first translation into English of the Getica for a century and the firstmodern translation of the Romana. Theintroduction locates the Getica andthe Romana in the context of ancienthistoriography, building a new picture of Jordanes as a historian and of thetwo works themselves. It also offers a detailed discussion of the sources usedby Jordanes, suggesting possible ways to identify his debt to Cassiodorus.Extensive notes guide the reader through these fascinating but often complextexts.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-03
Mått:147 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Translated Texts for Historians
Antal sidor:480
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9781802078213

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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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'Jordanes may get less respect than any other well-preserved ancient historian. But nowthe inexhaustible learning of Lieve Van Hoof and Peter Van Nuffelen has made himhonourable amends. This volume is now the best and essential introduction toJordanes' work, while remaining eminently serviceable for use in classroom settings.'James J. O'Donnell, Arizona State University

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