{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-roman-historians-hardback-9780521854535","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians (Hardback) 9780521854535","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Feldherr (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521854535, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 4 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNo field of Latin literature has been more transformed over the last couple of decades than that of the Roman historians. Narratology, a new receptiveness to intertextuality, and a re-thinking of the relationship between literature and its political contexts have ensured that the works of historians such as Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus will be read as texts with the same interest and sophistication as they are used as sources. In this book, topics central to the entire tradition, such as conceptions of time, characterization, and depictions of politics and the gods, are treated synoptically, while other essays highlight the works of less familiar historians, such as Curtius Rufus and Ammianus Marcellinus. A final section focuses on the rich reception history of Roman historiography, from the ancient Greek historians of Rome to the twentieth century. An appendix offers a chronological list of the ancient historians of Rome.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Andrew Feldherr\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Approaches: 1. Ancient audiences and expectations John Marincola\u003cbr\u003e 2. Postmodern historiographical theory and the Roman historians William W. Batstone\u003cbr\u003e 3. Historians without history: against Roman historiography J. E. Lendon\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Contexts and Traditions: 4. Alternatives to written history in Republican Rome Harriet I. Flower\u003cbr\u003e 5. Roman historians and the Greeks: audiences and models John Dillery\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cato's Origines: the historian and his enemies Ulrich Gotter\u003cbr\u003e 7. Polybius James Davidson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Subjects: 8. Time Denis Feeney\u003cbr\u003e 9. Space Andrew Riggsby\u003cbr\u003e 10. Religion in historiography Jason Davies\u003cbr\u003e 11. Virtue and violence: the historians on politics Joy Connolly\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Modes: 12. The rhetoric of Roman historiography Andrew Laird\u003cbr\u003e 13. The exemplary past in Roman historiography and culture Matthew Roller\u003cbr\u003e 14. Intertextuality and historiography Ellen O'Gorman\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Characters: 15. Characterization and complexity: Caesar, Sallust, and Livy Ann Vasaly\u003cbr\u003e 16. Representing the emperor Caroline Vout\u003cbr\u003e 17. Women in Roman historiography Kristina Milnor\u003cbr\u003e 18. Barbarians I: Quintus Curtius and other Roman historians' reception of Alexander Elizabeth Baynham\u003cbr\u003e 19. Barbarians II: Tacitus' Jews Andrew Feldherr\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Transformations: 20. Josephus Honora Chapman\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Roman exempla tradition in Imperial Greek historiography: the case of Camillus Alain M. Gowing\u003cbr\u003e 22. Ammianus Marcellinus: Tacitus' heir and Gibbon's guide Gavin Kelly\u003cbr\u003e 23. Ancient Roman historians and early modern political theory Benedetto Fontana\u003cbr\u003e 24. Rewriting history for the early modern stage: Racine's Roman tragedies Volker Schröder\u003cbr\u003e 25. 'Tacitus' Syme': the Roman historians and twentieth-century approaches to Roman history Emma Dench.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908997472536,"sku":"9780521854535","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521854535i_0a3c4ed2-51fb-4d8a-8ae0-43aac0376ef1.jpg?v=1691358389","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-roman-historians-hardback-9780521854535","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}