The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians

doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521854535

No field of Latin literature has been more transformed over the last couple of decades than that of the Roman historians. Narratology, a new receptiveness to intertextuality, and a re-thinking of the relationship between literature and its political contexts have ensured that the works of historians such as Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus will be read as texts with the same interest and sophistication as they are used as sources. In this book, topics central to the entire tradition, such as conceptions of time, characterization, and depictions of politics and the gods, are treated synoptically, while other essays highlight the works of less familiar historians, such as Curtius Rufus and Ammianus Marcellinus. A final section focuses on the rich reception history of Roman historiography, from the ancient Greek historians of Rome to the twentieth century. An appendix offers a chronological list of the ancient historians of Rome.

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23 - Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory
pp 362-379
- By Benedetto Fontana
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24 - Re-writing history for the early modern stage: Racine’s Roman tragedies
pp 380-393
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25 - The Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history
pp 394-406
- By Emma Dench
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Chronological list of the historians of Rome
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Index
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23 - Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory
pp 362-379

24 - Re-writing history for the early modern stage: Racine’s Roman tragedies
pp 380-393

25 - The Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history
pp 394-406

Chronological list of the historians of Rome
pp 407-417

Bibliography
pp 418-454

Index
pp 455-464

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23 - Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory pp 362-379

24 - Re-writing history for the early modern stage: Racine’s Roman tragedies pp 380-393

25 - The Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history pp 394-406

Chronological list of the historians of Rome pp 407-417

Bibliography pp 418-454

Index pp 455-464

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23 - Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory
pp 362-379

24 - Re-writing history for the early modern stage: Racine’s Roman tragedies
pp 380-393

25 - The Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history
pp 394-406

Chronological list of the historians of Rome
pp 407-417

Bibliography
pp 418-454

Index
pp 455-464