Emperors and historiography : collected essays on the literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst / / introduced and edited by D.W.P. Burgersdijk and J.A. van Waarden ; adiuvante Hanna Schreuders ; indices conscripsit Petrus Burgersdijk.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, v. 319
• Author: Hengst, Daniël den.
• TeilnehmendeR: Burgersdijk, D. W. P.; Waarden, J. A. van; Schreuders, Hanna.; Burgersdijk, Petrus.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 319.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Selections.; Preliminary Material /; 1. Cicero And History /; 2. Dic, Marce Tulli! Cicero’s Attitude Towards The Caesarians After Caesar’s Death /; 3. Memoria, Thesaurus Eloquentiae. The Auctor Ad Herennium, Cicero And Quintilian On Mnemotechnics /; 4. The Preface To Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita /; 5. Alexander And Rome /; 6. The Biographies Of The Roman Emperors /; 7. Latin Historiography And Plutarch /; 8. Verba, non res. Über die Inventio in den Reden und Schriftstücken in der Historia Augusta /; 9. The Author’s Literary Culture /; 10. Die Poesie in der Historia Augusta. Bemerkungen zur Opiliusvita /; 11. Selbstkommentare in der Historia Augusta /; 12. Some Notes On The Vita Taciti /; 13. ‘The Plato Of Poets’: Vergil In The Historia Augusta /; 14. The Discussion Of Authorship /; 15. Die Kausalkonjunktionen quod, quia und quoniam in der Historia Augusta /; 16. Review of: Histoire Auguste 4,2 Vies des deux Auréliens et des deux Galliens, edition O. Desbordes, S. Ratti, Paris 2000 /; 17. Review of: Histoire Auguste 5,1 Vies d’Aurélien et de Tacite, edition F. Paschoud, Paris 1996 /; 18. Review of: Histoire Auguste 5,2 Vies de Probus, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus et Bonose, Carus, Numérien, et Carin, edition F. Paschoud, Paris 2001? /; 19. The Romanization Of Julian /; 20. Ammianus Marcellinus On Astronomy (Res Gestae 20.3) /; 21. The Scientific Digressions In Ammianus’ Res Gestae /; 22. Hidden Polemics: Ammianus’ Digression On Egypt (Res Gestae 21.15-16) /; 23. Senium Imperii /; 24. Mantuanus Vates Excelsus. Vergil In The Res Gestae Of Ammianus Marcellinus /; 25. Literary Aspects Of Ammianus’ Second Digression On Rome /; 26. Vir utriusque literaturae non vulgariter callens emunctaeque naris. Sur Ghelen, éditeur d’Ammien Marcellin /; 27. Vir Heroicis Connumerandus Ingeniis. Ammianus’ Final Verdict On The Emperor Julian /; 28. Preparing The Reader For War. Ammianus’ Digression On Siege Engines /; Bibliography /; Index Locorum /; Index Nominum Antiquorum /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-11, 333-344) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282949551; 9786612949555; 9004193227
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: introduced and edited by D.W.P. Burgersdijk and J.A. van Waarden ; adiuvante Hanna Schreuders ; indices conscripsit Petrus Burgersdijk.

In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Daniël 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.