Valorizing the Barbarians : : Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography /

Valorizing the Barbarians : : Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography / / Eric Adler.

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With the growth of postcolonial theory in recent decades, scholarly views of Roman imperialism and colonialism have been evolving and shifting. Much recent discussion of the topic has centered on the ways in which ancient Roman historians consciously or unconsciously denigrated non-Romans. Similarly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Adler, Eric,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2011
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (283 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • aUthor’s note
  • Introduction
  • Part I Mithridates and the east
  • Chapter 1 “A deep-seated lust for empire and riches”: Sallust’s Epistula Mithridatis
  • Chapter 2 “Their whole population has the spirit of wolves”: Pompeius trogus’ speech of Mithridates
  • Part 2 Hannibal and Carthage
  • Chapter 3 “He considered it to be in no way worthy to contemplate the hope of living defeated”: Polybius’ speeches of Hannibal
  • Chapter 4 “Nothing at all has Been left to Us, except that which we defend with arms”: Livy’s Hannibal
  • Part 3 Boudica and Britain
  • Chapter 5 “Men might live and be slaves”: Tacitus’ speech of Boudica
  • Chapter 6 “Slaves to a Bad lyre-Player”: Cassius Dio’s speech of Boudica
  • Chapter 7 Conclusions
  • Appendix Texts and translations of the speeches examined at length
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index

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