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Book SynopsisUsages of the Past in Roman Historiography contains 11 articles on how the Ancient Roman historians used, and manipulated, the past. What did they seek to accomplish by participating in its re-creation, what tools did they have at their disposal to do so, and which underlying conceptualisations of history can we glimpse behind their efforts? Key themes include the impact of the transformation from Republic to Empire on the production of history, the nature of intertextuality in historical writing, and the frontiers between history and other literary genres. The volume, edited by Aske Damtoft Poulsen and Arne Jönsson, encompasses diverse approaches to the study of Roman history and historiography, with contributors from the UK, US, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, and Italy.
Trade Review"a nice introduction to the different usages of the Roman past for the benefit of anyone interested in Romen historiography." Raf Praet BMCR 23.04.34
Table of ContentsPreface Notes on Contributors List of Figures References and Abbreviations Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series Carsten H. Lange and Jesper M. Madsen Introduction: Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography Aske Damtoft Poulsen Part 1: Coming to Terms with the Principate 1 Velleius Paterculus and the Battle of Actium Roberto Cristofoli 2 In Short, the Republic: Florus and the (Re)Written Republic Rachel Lilley Love 3 Principatus ac Libertas!? Tacitus, the Past and the Principate of Trajan Kai Ruffing Part 2: Intertextuality and Intratextuality 4 “Making History”: Constructive Wonder (aka Quellenforschung) and the Composition of Caesar’s Gallic War (Thanks to Labienus and Polybius) Christopher B. Krebs 5 When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes … Livy (and Polybius) on the Gallic Sack of Rome Ulrike Roth 6 Livy’s Faliscan Schoolmaster Christina Shuttleworth Kraus 7 From Thrasea Paetus to Calgacus – or Was It the Other Way Around? An Example of Tacitean Intratextuality Aske Damtoft Poulsen Part 3: The Frontiers of Historiography 8 The Staging of Death: Tacitus’ Agrippina the Younger and the Dramatic Turn Rhiannon Ash 9 Tiberius and Tears: Grief and Genre Johan Vekselius 10 Migration and Mobile Memory in the Roman Historical Digression Kyle Khellaf 11 Epilogue: History in Pompeii Anne-Marie Leander Touati Index Nominum et Rerum
