LEADER 03126nam 22005894a 450 001 9910777695903321 005 20230831230704.0 010 $a0-292-79718-4 024 7 $a10.7560/705616 035 $a(CKB)1000000000454143 035 $a(OCoLC)609174391 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245821 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129129 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132637 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129129 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10078201 035 $a(PQKB)10734120 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443327 035 $a(OCoLC)60745560 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2120 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443327 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245821 035 $a(DE-B1597)587947 035 $a(OCoLC)1286807589 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797185 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000454143 100 $a20031218d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConspiracy narratives in Roman history /$fVictoria Emma Paga?n 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 197 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-292-70561-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [135]-176) and indexes. 327 $aPart I. Betrayed Conspiracies Sallust: The Catilinarian Conspiracy Livy: The Bacchanalian Affair Tacitus: The Pisonian Conspiracy Part II. Successful Conspiracies Josephus: The Assassination of Caligula Appian: The Assassination of Julius Caesar 330 $a"In this first book-length treatment of conspiracy in Roman history, Victoria Pagan examines the narrative strategies that five prominent historians used to disclose events that had been deliberately shrouded in secrecy and silence. She compares how Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus constructed their accounts of the betrayed Catilinarian, Bacchanalian, and Pisonian conspiracies. Her analysis reveals how a historical account of a secret event depends upon the transmittal of sensitive information from a private setting to the public sphere - and why women and slaves often proved to be ideal transmitters of secrets. Pagan then turns to Josephus's and Appian's accounts of the assassinations of Caligula and Julius Caesar to explore how the two historians maintained suspense throughout their narratives, despite readers' prior knowledge of the outcomes. Covering events from 186 B.C.E. to 65 C.E., this book explains the prevalence of conspiracy in the Roman literary imagination and confirms the importance of Josephus and Appian to the development of Roman historical thought."--BOOK JACKET. 606 $aConspiracies$zRome$xHistoriography 607 $aRome$xHistoriography 615 0$aConspiracies$xHistoriography. 676 $a937/.0072 700 $aPagan$b Victoria Emma$f1965-$0751078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777695903321 996 $aConspiracy narratives in Roman history$93765421 997 $aUNINA