An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. It presents essays by an international team of scholars that aim both to orient non-specialist readers to the important concerns of the Roman historians and also to stimulate new research.
An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. It presents essays by an international team of scholars that aim both to orient non-specialist readers to the important concerns of the Roman historians and also to stimulate new research.
Introduction Andrew Feldherr Part I. Approaches: 1. Ancient audiences and expectations John Marincola 2. Postmodern historiographical theory and the Roman historians William W. Batstone 3. Historians without history: against Roman historiography J. E. Lendon Part II. Contexts and Traditions: 4. Alternatives to written history in Republican Rome Harriet I. Flower 5. Roman historians and the Greeks: audiences and models John Dillery 6. Cato's Origines: the historian and his enemies Ulrich Gotter 7. Polybius James Davidson Part III. Subjects: 8. Time Denis Feeney 9. Space Andrew Riggsby 10. Religion in historiography Jason Davies 11. Virtue and violence: the historians on politics Joy Connolly Part IV. Modes: 12. The rhetoric of Roman historiography Andrew Laird 13. The exemplary past in Roman historiography and culture Matthew Roller 14. Intertextuality and historiography Ellen O'Gorman Part V. Characters: 15. Characterization and complexity: Caesar, Sallust, and Livy Ann Vasaly 16. Representing the emperor Caroline Vout 17. Women in Roman historiography Kristina Milnor 18. Barbarians I: Quintus Curtius and other Roman historians' reception of Alexander Elizabeth Baynham 19. Barbarians II: Tacitus' Jews Andrew Feldherr Part VI. Transformations: 20. Josephus Honora Chapman 21. The Roman exempla tradition in Imperial Greek historiography: the case of Camillus Alain M. Gowing 22. Ammianus Marcellinus: Tacitus' heir and Gibbon's guide Gavin Kelly 23. Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory Benedetto Fontana 24. Rewriting history for the early modern stage: Racine's Roman tragedies Volker Schröder 25. 'Tacitus' Syme': the Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history Emma Dench.
Introduction Andrew Feldherr Part I. Approaches: 1. Ancient audiences and expectations John Marincola 2. Postmodern historiographical theory and the Roman historians William W. Batstone 3. Historians without history: against Roman historiography J. E. Lendon Part II. Contexts and Traditions: 4. Alternatives to written history in Republican Rome Harriet I. Flower 5. Roman historians and the Greeks: audiences and models John Dillery 6. Cato's Origines: the historian and his enemies Ulrich Gotter 7. Polybius James Davidson Part III. Subjects: 8. Time Denis Feeney 9. Space Andrew Riggsby 10. Religion in historiography Jason Davies 11. Virtue and violence: the historians on politics Joy Connolly Part IV. Modes: 12. The rhetoric of Roman historiography Andrew Laird 13. The exemplary past in Roman historiography and culture Matthew Roller 14. Intertextuality and historiography Ellen O'Gorman Part V. Characters: 15. Characterization and complexity: Caesar, Sallust, and Livy Ann Vasaly 16. Representing the emperor Caroline Vout 17. Women in Roman historiography Kristina Milnor 18. Barbarians I: Quintus Curtius and other Roman historians' reception of Alexander Elizabeth Baynham 19. Barbarians II: Tacitus' Jews Andrew Feldherr Part VI. Transformations: 20. Josephus Honora Chapman 21. The Roman exempla tradition in Imperial Greek historiography: the case of Camillus Alain M. Gowing 22. Ammianus Marcellinus: Tacitus' heir and Gibbon's guide Gavin Kelly 23. Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory Benedetto Fontana 24. Rewriting history for the early modern stage: Racine's Roman tragedies Volker Schröder 25. 'Tacitus' Syme': the Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history Emma Dench.
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