Historiography of Rome and Its Empire – serie
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Cassius Dio: The Impact of Violence, War, and Civil War
Inbunden, 2020
2190 kr
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Cassius Dio: The Impact of Violence, War, and Civil War is part of a renewed interest in the Roman historian Cassius Dio. This volume focuses on Dio’s approaches to foreign war and stasis as well as civil war. The impact of war on Rome as well as on the history of Rome has long be recognised by …
Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography
Inbunden, 2021
2271 kr
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Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography contains 11 articles on how the Ancient Roman historians used, and manipulated, the past. What did they seek to accomplish by participating in its re-creation, what tools did they have at their disposal to do so, and which underlying conceptualisations of …
Intellectual Climate of Cassius Dio
Greek and Roman Pasts
Av Adam Kemezis
Inbunden, 2022
2593 kr
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Cassius Dio (c. 160–c. 230) is a familiar name to Roman historians, but still an enigmatic one. His text has shaped our understanding of his own period and earlier eras, but basic questions remain about his Greek and Roman cultural identities and his literary and intellectual influences. …
Ammianus Marcellinus From Soldier to Author
Inbunden, 2022
2380 kr
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Ammianus Marcellinus composed a history of the Roman empire from 96 AD to 378 AD, focusing on the mid-fourth century during which he served in the army. His experience as a soldier during this period provides crucial realia of warfare, while his knowledge of literature, especially the genre of …
Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome
Inbunden, 2023
2038 kr
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The histories of early Rome written in antiquity by the likes of Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus include many sensational stories, from the she-wolf suckling the twins to the miraculous conception of Servius Tullius and the epiphany of the Dioscuri at Lake Regillus. Even the more sober parts of …
Future Knowledge and Imperial Acceptance in Late Antique Historiography and Epideictic Rhetoric
From Constantine to Honorius
Inbunden, 2024
1883 kr
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This book analyses late antique historiography and epideictic texts, focusing on how divine knowledge of imperial futures safeguarded the legitimacy of Roman emperors. It begins with Constantine and his tetrarchic colleagues (A), before moving to Constantius II and Julian (B), then Valens (C), and …
Space, Narrative, and Historical Imagination in Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Inbunden, 2025
2064 kr
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The surviving books of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita (written ca. 30 – 15 BCE), narrate the origins of Rome, the gradual growth of the city, and its rise to Mediterranean hegemony. This monograph reads Livy’s work as, among other things, a narrative about space – the space of the city and the space of the …
Cicero, Leader of the Republic
Exemplary Statesmanship in Roman Historiography
Inbunden, 2026
1747 kr
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Livy famously stated that Cicero bore none of his misfortunes with dignity except his death. Modern scholarship usually adopts the ancient view that the Roman orator was a tremendously successful orator, but a failed political leader. This book re-evaluates the meaning of ancient descriptions of …
