Adam M. Kemezis

Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how Greek authors who witnessed sudden political change reacted by re-imagining the larger narrative of the Roman past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781107062726
• ISBN-10: 1107062721
• Artikelnr.: 41152300

Autorenporträt

Adam M. Kemezis is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. From Antonine to Severan
3. Cassius Dio: the last Annalist
4. Philostratus' Apollonius: Hellenic perfection on an imperial stage
5. Philostratus' Sophists: Hellas' Antonine golden age
6. Herodian: a dysfunctional Rome
Appendix 1. The date of composition of Dio's history
Appendix 2. The dates and addressees of Philostratus' Apollonius and Sophists
Appendix 3. The date, scope and author of Herodian's history.