Emperors and historiography [electronic resource] : collected essays on the literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst / introduced and edited by D.W.P. Burgersdijk and J.A. van Waarden ; adiuvante Hanna Schreuders ; indices conscripsit Petrus Burgersdijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hengst, Daniël den.

Contributor:

Burgersdijk, D. W. P. (Diederik W. P.)

Waarden, J. A. van (Joop A. van)

Schreuders, Hanna.

Burgersdijk, Petrus.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 319.

Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, 0169-8958 ; v. 319

Standardized Title:

Selections. 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emperors--Rome--Biography--History and criticism.

Emperors.

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476--Historiography.

Rome.

Scriptores historiae Augustae.

Hengst, Daniël den.

Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum gestarum libri.

Ammianus Marcellinus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Daniël den Hengst, professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Amsterdam, concerns the development of Roman historiography, the ways in which Roman historians present their work and the intertextual relations between these works and other literary genres. Special attention is given to the Historia Augusta and Ammianus Marcellinus, but also authors from the classical period, such as Cicero, Livy and Suetonius and their ideas about historiography are discussed. The articles demonstrate that a detailed interpretation of these texts in the original language is indispensable to understanding the aims and methods of ancient historians and biographers.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

1. Cicero And History / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

2. Dic, Marce Tulli! Cicero’s Attitude Towards The Caesarians After Caesar’s Death / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

3. Memoria, Thesaurus Eloquentiae. The Auctor Ad Herennium, Cicero And Quintilian On Mnemotechnics / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

4. The Preface To Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

5. Alexander And Rome / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

6. The Biographies Of The Roman Emperors / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

7. Latin Historiography And Plutarch / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

8. Verba, non res. Über die Inventio in den Reden und Schriftstücken in der Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

9. The Author’s Literary Culture / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

10. Die Poesie in der Historia Augusta. Bemerkungen zur Opiliusvita / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

11. Selbstkommentare in der Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

12. Some Notes On The Vita Taciti / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

13. ‘The Plato Of Poets’: Vergil In The Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

14. The Discussion Of Authorship / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

15. Die Kausalkonjunktionen quod, quia und quoniam in der Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

16. Review of: Histoire Auguste 4,2 Vies des deux Auréliens et des deux Galliens, edition O. Desbordes, S. Ratti, Paris 2000 / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

17. Review of: Histoire Auguste 5,1 Vies d’Aurélien et de Tacite, edition F. Paschoud, Paris 1996 / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

18. Review of: Histoire Auguste 5,2 Vies de Probus, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus et Bonose, Carus, Numérien, et Carin, edition F. Paschoud, Paris 2001? / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

19. The Romanization Of Julian / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

20. Ammianus Marcellinus On Astronomy (Res Gestae 20.3) / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

21. The Scientific Digressions In Ammianus’ Res Gestae / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

22. Hidden Polemics: Ammianus’ Digression On Egypt (Res Gestae 21.15-16) / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

23. Senium Imperii / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

24. Mantuanus Vates Excelsus. Vergil In The Res Gestae Of Ammianus Marcellinus / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

25. Literary Aspects Of Ammianus’ Second Digression On Rome / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

26. Vir utriusque literaturae non vulgariter callens emunctaeque naris. Sur Ghelen, éditeur d’Ammien Marcellin / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

27. Vir Heroicis Connumerandus Ingeniis. Ammianus’ Final Verdict On The Emperor Julian / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

28. Preparing The Reader For War. Ammianus’ Digression On Siege Engines / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

Bibliography / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

Index Locorum / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden

Index Nominum Antiquorum / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-11, 333-344) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-94955-1

9786612949555

90-04-19322-7

OCLC:

695990203

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004174382.i-364 DOI