Omnium annalium monumenta : : historical writing and historical evidence in Republican Rome / / edited by Kaj Sandberg, Christopher Smith.

This edited volume brings a variety of approaches to the problem of how the Romans conceived of their history, what were the mechanisms for their preservation of the past, and how did the Romans come to write about their past. Building on important recent work in historiography, and the recent memor...

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Superior document:Historiography of Rome and Its Empire, Volume 2
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Historiography of Rome and its empire ; Volume 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (535 pages) :; illustrations.
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Other title:Front Matter --
Copyright page --
Preface --
List of Figures --
Abbreviations --
Notes on Contributors --
Introduction /
The Origins of the Annalistic Tradition --
Fabius Pictor, Ennius and the Origins of Roman Annalistic Historiography /
L’“archéologie” de Rome dans les Annales d’Ennius : poetica fabula ou annalium monumentum? /
The Discovery of Numa’s Writings: Roman Sacral Law and the Early Historians /
Antiquarians and Historians --
On the Edges of History /
Diligentissumus investigator antiquitatis? ‘Antiquarianism’ and Historical Evidence between Republican Rome and the Early Modern Republic of Letters /
Inspired Leaders versus Emerging Nations: Varro’s and Cicero’s Views on Early Rome /
Which One is the Historian? A Neglected Problem in the Study of Roman Historiography /
History and Oratory --
How Much History did the Romans Know? Historical References in Cicero’s Speeches to the People /
Ciceronian Constructions of the Oratorical Past /
Cicero, Documents and the Implications for History /
The Literary Construction of History --
Livy’s Battle in the Forum between Roman Monuments and Greek Literature /
Echi dalle tragedie tebane nelle storie di Roma arcaica /
Figures of Memory. Aulus Vibenna, Valerius Publicola and Mezentius between History and Legend /
History and Monuments --
Monumenta, Documenta, Memoria: Remembering and Imagining the Past in Late Republican Rome /
Visibility Matters. Notes on Archaic Monuments and Collective Memory in Mid-Republican Rome /
Aedificare, res damnosissima. Building and Historiography in Livy, Books 5–6 /
Memoria by Multiplication: The Cornelii Scipiones in Monumental Memory /
Constructing, Deconstructing and Reconstructing Civic Memory in Late Republican Rome /
Summary:This edited volume brings a variety of approaches to the problem of how the Romans conceived of their history, what were the mechanisms for their preservation of the past, and how did the Romans come to write about their past. Building on important recent work in historiography, and the recent memory turn, the authors consider the practicalities of transmission, literary and generic influences, and the role of the city of Rome in preserving and transmitting memories of the past. The result is a major contribution to our understanding of the role history played in Roman life, and the kinds of evidence which could be deployed in constructing Roman history.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9004355553
ISSN:2408-2314 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Kaj Sandberg, Christopher Smith.