Historiography at the end of the Republic [[electronic resource] ] : provincial perspectives on Roman rule / / Liv Mariah Yarrow

• Autore: Yarrow Liv Mariah
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 937.05
• Soggetto geografico: Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C Historiography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [358]-376) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Note on Texts and Translations; Abbreviations; Introduction: Setting the Scene; 1. The Power of the Intellectual: Leading Thinkers, Thinking Leaders; 2. Theory and Method; 3. Constructing the Narrative: Authorial Objectives and the Use of Rome; 4. From the Outside Looking in: Roman Culture and Domestic Politics; 5. The Romans Abroad: Force, Diplomacy, and the Management of Empire; 6. Enemies of Rome? The Symbolic Alternatives; Conclusion; Appendix: Issues of Dating; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study of six historians from the edges of the Roman world at the end of the Republic - the author of I Maccabees, Posidonius, Diodorus Siculus, Pompeius Trogus, Nicolaus of Damascus, and Memnon of Heraclea - combines discussion of their biographical details, the intellectual and elite culture in which they composed, and the methodological difficulties of interpreting fragmentary texts, with textual analysis of their representations of Rome. These authors show remarkable unityin their acceptance of Roman hegemony. Nevertheless, their interpretations of Roman rule assume political significa
• Titolo autorizzato: Historiography at the end of the Republic
• ISBN: 1-280-90588-3; 9786610905881; 0-19-153509-5; 1-4294-9188-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217844003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Oxford classical monographs.