{"product_id":"cornelius-nepos-9780472132744","title":"Cornelius Nepos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeks to fully rehabilitate Nepos as a writer emblematic of the Italian intelligentsia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Nepos' \u003ci\u003eNachleben.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI: Ancient Criticism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: Esteem for and Influence of Nepos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII: Nepos, Atticus, and Varro.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV: Further Influences on Roman Literary Culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eV. Nepos and the Formation of the Modern Nation-State.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Error and Accuracy in Nepos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI: The Origin of a Skewed View.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: Errors in Plain Sight?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII: The Limits of Memory and the Purpose of Biography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV: Projecting Expectations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eV: Source or \u003ci\u003eInventio\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVI: The Infinite Generation of Errors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: The Sources of a Learned Biographer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI: Nepos' Mastery of Greek.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: The Direct Use of Sources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII A New Picture of Nepos the Scholar.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Nepos' Contemporary Relationships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI: Catullus and Cicero.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: Titus Pomponius Atticus.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII: Nepos' Purpose and Audience.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Fragments of Nepos and their Cultural-Ideological Context.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI: Nepos in the wider Discourse of Roman Decadence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: Nepos as Elder.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII: Nepos and the New Archaic Lifestyle.\u0026lt;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV: Nepos and Cato the Elder.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eV: Nepos at the Intersection of Culture and Power.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Cornelius Nepos and Triumviral Political Ideology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. Introduction: Nepos and the Transition from Republic to Empire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: A \"Just\" Tyrant? The \u003ci\u003eMiltiades.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII: The Anti-triumviral, Anti-tyrannical Stance of the Thrasybulus.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV: Tyranny and Faction in the \u003ci\u003eAlcibiades, Phocion \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDion.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eV: Obedient Generals: Agesilaus, Epaminondas, Scipio Africanus and the Senate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVI: Nepos and the Political Environment at Rome.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Cornelius Nepos and the Articulation of Political Etiquette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI: The Extraordinary Nature of Nepos' Generals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII: Managing Fear and Resentment in the \u003ci\u003eLives.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII: The \u003ci\u003eTimoleon\u003c\/i\u003e: A Literary Model for the Principate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV: \u003ci\u003eRecusatio, Modestia\u003c\/i\u003e and other Points of Contact with Imperial Ideology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. A Paradigm Shift for Nepos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII. Nepos' Vocabulary of Leadership and its Applicability to Roman Experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. Nepos and the Articulation of Imperial Ideology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037190357335,"sku":"9780472132744","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472132744.jpg?v=1750934722","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cornelius-nepos-9780472132744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}