An edition of Emperors and historiography (2010)

Emperors and historiography

collected essays on the literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst

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An edition of Emperors and historiography (2010)

Emperors and historiography

collected essays on the literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst

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Table of Contents

Prose of the Late Republic and Early Empire. Cicero and history ; Dic, Marce Tulli! Cicero's attitude towards the Caesarians after Caesar's death ; Memoria, thesaurus eloquentiae : the Auctor ad Herennium, Cicero and Quintilian on mnemotechnics ; The preface to Livy's Ab urbe condita ; Alexander and Rome ; The biographies of the Roman emperors ; Latin historiography and Plutarch
Historia augusta. Verba, non res : über die Inventio in den Reden und Schriftstücken in der Historia augusta ; The author's literary culture ; Die Poesie in der Historia augusta : Bemerkungen zur Opiliusvita ; Selbstkommentare in der Historia augusta ; Some notes on the Vita Taciti ; The Plato of poets : Vergil in the Historia augusta ; The discussion of authorship ; Die Kausalkonjunktionen quod, quia und quoniam in der Historia augusta ; Review of : Histoire auguste 4,2 : view des deux Auréliens et des deux Galliens, ed O. Desbordes, S. Ratti, Paris 2000 ; Review of : Histoire auguste 5,1 : views d'Aurélien et de Tacite, ed. F. Paschoud, Paris 1996 ; Review of : Histoire auguste 5,2 : vies de Probus, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus et Bonose, Carus, Numérien, et Carin, ed. F. Paschoud, Paris 2001
Ammianus Marcellinus. The Romanization of Julian ; Ammianus Marcellinus on astronomy (Res gestae 20.3) ; The scientific digressions in Ammianus' Res gestae ; Hidden polemics : Ammianus' digression on Egypt (Res gestae 21.15-16) ; Senium Imperii ; Mantuanus vates excelsus : Vergil in the Res gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus ; Literary aspects of Ammianus' second digression on Rome ; Vir utriusque literaturae non vulgariter callens emunctaeque naris : sur Ghelen, éditeur d'Ammien Marcellin ; Vir heroicis connumerandus ingeniis : Ammianus' final verdict on the Emperor Julian ; Preparing the reader for war : Ammianus' digression on siege engines.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-344) and indexes.

Texts in English, German and French; selections in Latin and Ancient Greek.

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Leiden, Boston
Series
Mnemosyne supplements -- Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature -- v. 319

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Dewey Decimal Class
480
Library of Congress
DG205 .H46 2010,

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viii, 362 p.
Number of pages
362

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OL27035947M
Internet Archive
emperorshistorio00burg
ISBN 10
9004174389
ISBN 13
9789004174382
LCCN
2010290854
OCLC/WorldCat
465389663
Wikidata
Q125916021

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