Sallust and the fall of the Republic : historiography and intellectual life at Rome / E. H. Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, E. H., author.

Series:

Historiography of Rome and its empire.

Historiography of Rome and Its Empire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C--Historiography.

Rome.

Rome--Intellectual life.

Rome--Civilization.

Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.

Sallust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"This book offers a new interpretation of the Roman historian Sallust, which places him at the centre of the rich intellectual world of late Republican Rome. Drawing on the evidence of Sallust's digressions in particular, and in contrast to previous views of his work as purely moralistic or unsophisticated, it argues that Sallust uses his historiography to advance a coherent set of ideas about the political chaos he saw around him, and to participate in the broader debates which characterised his period. It also offers a new perspective on the argumentative qualities of classical historiography more widely"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Shaw, Edwin Sallust and the Fall of the Republic

ISBN:

9789004501737

90-04-50173-8