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The Roman Alexander : reading a cultural myth / Diana Spencer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Diana, 1969-
- Series:
- Exeter studies in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--In literature.
- Alexander.
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
- Latin literature--History and criticism.
- Latin literature.
- Literature and history--Rome.
- Literature and history.
- History, Ancient--Historiography.
- History, Ancient.
- Intellectual life.
- Rome--Intellectual life.
- Rome.
- Macedonia--History--To 168 B.C.
- Macedonia.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Empty Bottle xiii
- Reading Alexander xix
- Map 1 The Roman World xx
- Map 2 Alexander's Journey xxv
- 1 History into Story 1
- What's in a Name? 2
- Alexander and the Successors: Making History 5
- Rome and the 'East': Cultural Context 9
- The Legacy of the Punic Wars 11
- Rome in the First Century BCE 15
- Augustus and the Succession 29
- History and Identity 31
- 2 Readings
- Alexander Rex 39
- Alexander v. Rome? What if ... 41
- Plain Speaking: Autocracy and Freedom of Speech 53
- Flattery and Excess: The Collapse of Language 79
- 3 Readings
- Living Fast, Dying Young ... 83
- Drinking-Up Time 86
- Angry Young Man ... 94
- 4 Readings
- Imaging Alexander 119
- Words, Memory and Myth: The Making of Kings 121
- Frontiers, Limits and a Rhetoric of Conquest: Acknowledging the Power of Words 138
- Africa Dreaming ... 154
- 5 Autocracy
- The Roman Alexander Complex 165
- Style of Command 167
- Alexander and Pre-Augustan Rome 168
- Clementia: The Power of Forgiveness 170
- Succession and Dynastic Ambitions 175
- Divinity 178
- Uncharted Waters: Alexander in the Principate 180
- Image and Identity: Velleius and Statius 182
- Eastward Ambitions: The Politics of Victory 189
- What happens when a Roman goes East? 189
- Degeneracy 193
- Fortunes of War 195
- Mutiny! 201
- 6 Alexander after Alexander 205
- Conjuring with Alexander 217
- Modern Alexanders 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0859896781
- 0859896773
- OCLC:
- 67379948
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