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Valorizing the Barbarians : Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography /
With the growth of postcolonial theory in recent decades, scholarly views of Roman imperialism and colonialism have been evolving and shifting. Much recent discussion of the topic has centered on the ways in which ancient Roman historians consciously or unconsciously denigrated non-Romans. Similarly...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- aUthor's note
- Introduction
- Part I Mithridates and the east
- Chapter 1 "A deep-seated lust for empire and riches": Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis
- Chapter 2 "Their whole population has the spirit of wolves": Pompeius trogus' speech of Mithridates
- Part 2 Hannibal and Carthage
- Chapter 3 "He considered it to be in no way worthy to contemplate the hope of living defeated": Polybius' speeches of Hannibal
- Chapter 4 "Nothing at all has Been left to Us, except that which we defend with arms": Livy's Hannibal
- Part 3 Boudica and Britain
- Chapter 5 "Men might live and be slaves": Tacitus' speech of Boudica
- Chapter 6 "Slaves to a Bad lyre-Player": Cassius Dio's speech of Boudica
- Chapter 7 Conclusions
- Appendix Texts and translations of the speeches examined at length
- Notes
- Works cited
- Index