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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"ancient historiography"”.
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The History of Greek and Roman Historiography
The development of Greek and Roman historiography is difficult to describe. So many ancient histories are lost and those that survive are hardly representative. In this thesis I argue that despite these difficulties some historiographical trends remain discernible, and examine three such …
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Transcending Temporality: a Study of the Reception of Julius Caesar’s Self-representation in Epic and Drama
… and personal propaganda.<br/>A chapter on ancient historiography, focusing primarily on events not described in the Commentaries, explores the development of Caesar’s epic-dramatic character in the light of his dramatization by the historical canon and the Late Republican performative …
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"Studies in Sallust's Historical Selectivity in the ""Bellum Iugurthinum"""
Perhaps the greatest cliche of writing on historiography is that historians exercise selectivity in choosing the events to incorporate into their narratives. But it is rare for a work on an ancient historian to take that as its central concern. Sallust's famous concentration and notorious omissions …
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STUDIO DI UN TERRITORIO DI CONFINE: LA NECROPOLI DI CASALFIUMANESE NEL QUADRO DEL POPOLAMENTO DELLE VALLATE APPENNINICHE ROMAGNOLE TRA ORIENTALIZZANTE ED ETA' TARDO ARCAICA
… sites in Romagna rather than the Umbrians, whom ancient historiography recalls being among the inhabitants of the regions north of the Po (Chapter 3). To deepen this new interpretation, met with much approval, the fourth chapter was dedicated to an exposition of the main contexts in Romagna that …
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Rethinking the Third Century CE: Contemporary Historiography and Political Narrative
This thesis challenges one of the fundamental assumptions about Rome’s political upheaval in the third century CE. This period is conventionally defined by the growing political influence of the army at the expense of the Senate, after the Severan emperors made it clear that their hold on power …