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Description:In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Daniel den Hengst, professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Amsterdam, concerns the development of Roman historiography, the ways in which Roman historians present their work and the intertextual relations between these works and other literary genres. Special attention is given to the Historia Augusta and Ammianus Marcellinus, but also authors from the classical period, such as Cicero, Livy and Suetonius and their ideas about historiography are discussed. The articles demonstrate that a detailed interpretation of these texts in the original language is indispensable to understanding the aims and methods of ancient historians and biographers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Emperors and Historiography: Collected Essays on the Literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 319). To get started finding Emperors and Historiography: Collected Essays on the Literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 319), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Daniel den Hengst, professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Amsterdam, concerns the development of Roman historiography, the ways in which Roman historians present their work and the intertextual relations between these works and other literary genres. Special attention is given to the Historia Augusta and Ammianus Marcellinus, but also authors from the classical period, such as Cicero, Livy and Suetonius and their ideas about historiography are discussed. The articles demonstrate that a detailed interpretation of these texts in the original language is indispensable to understanding the aims and methods of ancient historians and biographers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Emperors and Historiography: Collected Essays on the Literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 319). To get started finding Emperors and Historiography: Collected Essays on the Literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 319), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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