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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Sallust"”.
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Catiline as Portrayed by Cicero and Sallust
… we have of Catiline has "been written chiefly by Sallust, Cicero and Plutarch. The last named mentions him in his lives of Caesar and Cicero. All of these men have failed to give us a true portrayal of Catiline's character for they were not historians in the true sense. Cicero is striving to prove …
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"Studies in Sallust's Historical Selectivity in the ""Bellum Iugurthinum"""
… historian to take that as its central concern. Sallust's famous concentration and notorious omissions make him an appropriate subject for such an exercise, and my dissertation is an attempt to develop an understanding of his historical selectivity, and the concept of historical significance that …
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Conspiracy Narratives in Latin Literature
… use of particular words and locutions in Caesar, Sallust and Suetonius to establish the existence of a common vocabulary that provides the ideological basis for structuring the Roman conspiracy narrative. The fourth chapter summarizes what has been discovered about the narration of conspiracy and …
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Comparison Between the Histories of Tacitus and Suetonius in Their Treatment of the Emperor Tiberius
… is largely an effort to justify his own deeds; Sallust intended to obtain literary recognition; Suetonius furnished eminent gossip to the populace of Rome in the form of history, while Livy and Tacitus, great patriots and admirers of their country’s greatness, tried to show the whole world the …
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The Classical Barbarian in the Íslendingasögur
… barbarians in classical Roman texts, primarily Sallust, but also Caesar and Tacitus. Taking into account the availability and significance of classical learning in medieval Iceland, the comparison with Roman texts yields striking similarities between Roman and Icelandic ideas about barbarians. …
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Julius Caesar in Medieval France: The Textual Sources and Iconography of the <i>Faits des Romains</i>
… was known principally through the writings of Sallust and Lucan, both of which were used as texts in the schools. Not only was close familiarity with Caesar confined to the formally educated, but his image was defined almost exclusively by these two texts . Because neither of these works is …
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The Causes of Tyranny as a Guide to Political Reform: St. Thomas More's History of King Richard III of England
… like the histories composed by Thucydides, Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, a genre similar to drama which aims to reveal fundamental moral and political truths by following classical rhetorical principles. Chapter Two investigates the relationship between the nine textually significant extant versions …
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Suetonius and the Politics of Private Life
… their public life (examples are Cato the Elder, Sallust and Nepos). Pliny’s *Panegyricus*, by contrast, gives ample space to matters such as family life or pastimes, stressing their political impact and importance as indicators of the emperor’s genuine character. Hence, these two texts represent …
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(Un)veiling nature : a comparative study of Spenser's poetics in Mutabilitie canto seven
… Teares of the Muses," "The Shepherdes Calendar," Sallust du Bartas's "L'Uranie," Richard Wills's "De re Poetica," Philip Sidney's "Defense of Poesie," and the writings of the continental theorist, Cristoforo Landino. The invocation emerges from this comparison as a hybrid growth, in which Spenser …