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Velleius Paterculus : Making History.
Velleius Paterculus' short work occupies a unique position in Roman historiography. It is the earliest surviving attempt on the part of a post-Augustan historian to survey the history of the res publica from its origins. In a period from which no other contemporary historical narrative survives...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Swansea :
Classical Press of Wales, The,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Eleanor Cowan ; Part I. Velleius. Velleius Paterculus as Senator. A dream with footnotes / Barbara Levick ; Time for Italy in Velleius Paterculus / Edward Bispham ; A page in the history of Campania / Maria Elefante ; Part II. Historiography and intertextuality. Velleius' history: genre and purpose / John Rich ; Transit admiratio: memoria, invidia, and the historian / Martin Bloomer ; Explanations in Velleius / John Marincola ; Velleius 2.30.6 and Tacitus, Histories 4.81.2: accomplishing allusion / Victoria Emma Pagán ; Velleius and biography: the case of Julius Caesar / Christopher Pelling ; Part III. Roman themes, Roman values. Roman values in Velleius / Ulrich Schmitzer ; Resuscitating a text: Velleius' history as cultural evidence / John Alexander Lobur ; Velleius 2.124.2 and the reluctant princeps: the evolution of Roman perceptions of leadership / Tom Hillard ; The Stones of Blood: Family, Monumentality, and Memory in Velleius' Second Century / Luke Pitcher ; Heroism and Despair in Velleius Paterculus' narrative of the Republic / Catherine Steel ; Part IV. Velleius and ... Velleius and the Games / T.P. Wiseman ; Paene omnium vitiorum expers, nisi ... : Velleius on Pompey / Robin Seager ; Velleius and Livia: making a portrait / Kathryn Welch ; Velleius and the princeps Romani nominis / Eleanor Cowan.