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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 1. Cicero And History / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 2. Dic, Marce Tulli! Cicero’s Attitude Towards The Caesarians After Caesar’s Death / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 3. Memoria, Thesaurus Eloquentiae. The Auctor Ad Herennium, Cicero And Quintilian On Mnemotechnics / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 4. The Preface To Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 5. Alexander And Rome / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 6. The Biographies Of The Roman Emperors / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 7. Latin Historiography And Plutarch / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 8. Verba, non res. Über die Inventio in den Reden und Schriftstücken in der Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 9. The Author’s Literary Culture / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 10. Die Poesie in der Historia Augusta. Bemerkungen zur Opiliusvita / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 11. Selbstkommentare in der Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 12. Some Notes On The Vita Taciti / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 13. ‘The Plato Of Poets’: Vergil In The Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 14. The Discussion Of Authorship / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 15. Die Kausalkonjunktionen quod, quia und quoniam in der Historia Augusta / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 16. Review of: Histoire Auguste 4,2 Vies des deux Auréliens et des deux Galliens, edition O. Desbordes, S. Ratti, Paris 2000 / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 17. Review of: Histoire Auguste 5,1 Vies d’Aurélien et de Tacite, edition F. Paschoud, Paris 1996 / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 18. Review of: Histoire Auguste 5,2 Vies de Probus, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus et Bonose, Carus, Numérien, et Carin, edition F. Paschoud, Paris 2001? / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 19. The Romanization Of Julian / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 20. Ammianus Marcellinus On Astronomy (Res Gestae 20.3) / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 21. The Scientific Digressions In Ammianus’ Res Gestae / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 22. Hidden Polemics: Ammianus’ Digression On Egypt (Res Gestae 21.15-16) / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 23. Senium Imperii / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 24. Mantuanus Vates Excelsus. Vergil In The Res Gestae Of Ammianus Marcellinus / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 25. Literary Aspects Of Ammianus’ Second Digression On Rome / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 26. Vir utriusque literaturae non vulgariter callens emunctaeque naris. Sur Ghelen, éditeur d’Ammien Marcellin / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 27. Vir Heroicis Connumerandus Ingeniis. Ammianus’ Final Verdict On The Emperor Julian / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- 28. Preparing The Reader For War. Ammianus’ Digression On Siege Engines / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- Bibliography / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- Index Locorum / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden -- Index Nominum Antiquorum / D. Burgersdijk and J. Van Waarden.