Charles Muntz

Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic, Charles E. Muntz offers a fresh look at one of the most neglected historians of the ancient world, and recovers Diodorus's originality and importance as a witness to a profoundly tumultuous period in antiquity. Muntz analyzes the first three books of Diodorus's Bibliotheke historike, some of the most varied and eclectic material in his work, in which Diodorus reveals through the history, myths, and customs of the "barbarians" the secrets of successful states and rulers, and contributes to the debates surrounding the transition from Republic to Empire. Muntz establishes just how linked the "barbarians" of the Bibliotheke are to the actors of the crumbling Republic, and demonstrates that through the medium of the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Indians, and others Diodorus engages with the major issues and intellectual disputes of his time, including the origins of civilization, the propriety of ruler-cult, the benefits of monarchy, and the relationship between myth and history. Diodorus has many similarities with other authors writing on these topics, including Cicero, Lucretius, Varro, Sallust, and Livy but, as Muntz argues, engaging with such controversial issues, even indirectly, could be especially dangerous for a Greek provincial such as Diodorus. Indeed, for these reasons he may never have completed or fully published the Bibliotheke in his lifetime. Through his careful and precise investigations, Muntz demonstrates Diodorus's historical context at its full size and scope.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190498733
• Artikelnr.: 48794571

Autorenporträt

Charles E. Muntz is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas and was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge University. He received his Ph.D. from Duke University and his B.A. from Swarthmore College.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Diodorus, Quellenforschung, and Beyond
Chapter 2 Organizing the World
Chapter 3 The Origins of Civilization
Chapter 4 Mythical History
Chapter 5 The Deified Culture-bringers
Chapter 6 Kings, Kingship, and Rome
Chapter 7 The Roman Civil Wars and the Bibliotheke
Bibliography