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Conspiracy narratives in Roman history / Victoria Emma Pagan.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pagán, Victoria Emma, 1965-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Conspiracies--Rome--Historiography.
Rome--Historiography.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 197 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"In this first book-length treatment of conspiracy in Roman history, Victoria Pagan examines the narrative strategies that five prominent historians used to disclose events that had been deliberately shrouded in secrecy and silence. She compares how Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus constructed their accounts of the betrayed Catilinarian, Bacchanalian, and Pisonian conspiracies. Her analysis reveals how a historical account of a secret event depends upon the transmittal of sensitive information from a private setting to the public sphere - and why women and slaves often proved to be ideal transmitters of secrets. Pagan then turns to Josephus's and Appian's accounts of the assassinations of Caligula and Julius Caesar to explore how the two historians maintained suspense throughout their narratives, despite readers' prior knowledge of the outcomes. Covering events from 186 B.C.E. to 65 C.E., this book explains the prevalence of conspiracy in the Roman literary imagination and confirms the importance of Josephus and Appian to the development of Roman historical thought."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents:
Part I. Betrayed Conspiracies Sallust: The Catilinarian Conspiracy Livy: The Bacchanalian Affair Tacitus: The Pisonian Conspiracy Part II. Successful Conspiracies Josephus: The Assassination of Caligula Appian: The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-176) and indexes.
ISBN:
0-292-79718-4
OCLC:
609174391

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