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Inimicitiae in Tacitus
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Oaths and Greed in Tacitus' Histories
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2017-08-10 without embargo terms
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DECUS POSTERITAS REPENDIT: Reevaluating Cremutius Cordus in Tacitus' Annals
In one of the best known passages in the Annals, Tacitus gives an account of the trial and death of Aulus Cremutius Cordus (A. 4.34-35), a Roman historian documenting the transitional period from the Roman Republic to the Empire. In this account Cordus is given a speech with which he defends a …
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A Commentary on Selected Chapters of Tacitus Annales 13
… a commentary on chapters 15–25 (inclusive) of Tacitus Annales 13 which form part of Tacitus’ annalistic narrative of the years AD 55 and 56, narrating the murder of Britannicus and its aftermath, Junia Silana’s conspiracy against Agrippina, Pallas’ and Burrus’ alleged plot against Nero, …
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Life and character of Tiberius: based upon Velleius, Suetonius and Tacitus
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Contested Successions. The Transmission of Imperial Power in Tacitus’ Histories and Annals
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A Commentary on Chapters 39 - 46 of 'De Vita Iulii Agricolae' by Cornelius Tacitus
… His son-in-law was the historian Cornelius Tacitus who wrote a short biography to honour the memory of the great man a few years after his death. This commentary deals with the final 8 chapters of the work which are concerned with Agricola's return to Rome after his service in Britain and …
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Comparison Between the Histories of Tacitus and Suetonius in Their Treatment of the Emperor Tiberius
… 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 Roman super-man.
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Memory And Moderation: The Imperial Image Of Augustus And Its Perception Among Later Authors
… as a whole. The third chapter will discuss Tacitus' relationship with Agricola and his career under Domitian. Like Pliny, Tacitus is skeptical of imperial moderation but is more explicit in his condemnation. He criticizes the Principate for its feigned moderation and its capacity for …
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Conspiracy Narratives in Latin Literature
… (39.8--19), the conspiracy of Calpurnius Piso in Tacitus' Annales (15.48--74), and Cicero's Catilinarians. All three stories have a similar pattern to their telling, and I argue that these similarities are in part the result of structural similarities in a broader ""conspiracy"" narrative. In the …
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Celtic Women in Context: Comparative Perspectives on Stereotypes and Gender Roles of Ancient Women
… misrepresentation. Classical authors, such as Tacitus, Dio and Caesar had the propensity to write about the Celts through a kaleidoscopic lens that featured xenophobia, sexism, and propaganda, creating an entertaining but often fragmentary image. This study looks at whether these perspectives …
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Suetonius and the Politics of Private Life
… are near contemporaries to Suetonius’ *Caesars*, Tacitus’ *Agricola* and Pliny’s *Panegyricus*. By depicting Agricola’s private life as impeccable yet insignificant, Tacitus follows a historiographical and biographical tradition in which the private life of protagonists is eclipsed in favour of …
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The Classical Barbarian in the Íslendingasögur
… 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. It is argued that the …
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Republicanism and stoicism in Renaissance neo-Senecan drama.
… Classical authorities, including Seneca and Tacitus, as well as contemporary theorists, such as Niccolo Machiavelli and Justus Lipsius inform these discourses. This form of drama also offered the authors a space to interrogate the practical utility of a number of theories from a variety of …
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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
… 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 of this …
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Satur(n◆alic◆i)a Regna: The Neronian Grotesque and the Satires of Seneca, Persiuis, and Petronius
… and who better to criticize than (Suetonius and Tacitus' construction of) Nero? But looking at the satire from a non-‐classical perspective, that of Bakhtin's grotesque, leads to an interesting conclusion. These three satirists are in sync with the festive and aesthetic values of the Neronian …
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Studies in the Ancient Reception of Seneca the Younger
… oratoria* (Ch.1), Pliny’s *Epistles* (Ch.2), and Tacitus’ (Neronian) *Annals* (Ch.3), but also Pliny’s *Panegyricus* (Ch.3.4a), Suetonius’ *Nero* (Ch.3.4b), and Fronto’s letters (Ch.2.*fin*.). All of these authors exhibit a hitherto underestimated familiarity with Seneca’s works and often allude …
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Politics and the Past in the Age of Nerva and Trajan: The Making and Unmaking of Memories of Domitian, 96-117 CE.
… argues that Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae and Tacitus’ Agricola participate in this debate by literary means, and, crucially, use Domitian as scapegoat for the senators’ own role in the previous execution of their peers. A prosopographical survey indicates that this post-Flavian “memory …
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