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Sallustio e Livio di Fronte alla Decadenza di Roma (on G. Vassiliades, La res publica et sa décadence. De Salluste à Tite-Live)
No full textA New Look at Zonaras (on T. Kampianaki, John Zonaras’ Epitome of Histories: A Compendium of Jewish-Roman History and Its Reception)
No full textMenandros Protector and the End of Classical Historiography (on B. Bleckmann, Die letzte Generation der griechischen Geschichtsschreiber: Studien zur Historiographie im ausgehenden 6. Jahrhundert)
Get PDFWhat Plutarch Didn’t Say (on J. Beneker et al., edd., Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences: Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia)
No full textHerod through the Eyes of Nicolaus (on K. Czajkowski and B. Eckhardt, Herod in History: Nicolaus of Damascus and the Augustan Context)
No full textUn Commento ai Frammenti della Storia di Nicola di Damasco (on T. Shahin, Fragmente eines Lebenswerks: Historischer Kommentar zur Universalgeschichte des Nikolaos von Damaskus)
Get PDFCh. 8. The Images of Young Tyrants: Representation and Reality in Herodian’s Roman History
No full textHerodian’s Roman History engages with the tenets of ancient historiographic theory, particularly those set down by Thucydides. In general, he positions himself as a follower of these prescriptions, though particular eyewitness scenes strain the credulity of the reader. This paper explores Herodian’s depictions of young emperors in these scenes as a way to understand how his pushing the boundaries of ancient historiographic theory allows him to stretch the truth as a way to enhance the overall thesis of his work.
Published in Andrew G. Scott,, ed., Studies in Contemporary Historiography (HISTOS Supplement 15), p. 191-217
Croesus at Dodona: The Test of Oracles in the Oracular Context
Get PDFIn this paper, I reinterpret Herodotus’ account of Croesus’ test of the oracles (1.46–9). By comparing the words of Croesus’ question with the oracular tablets from Dodona, I show that Croesus’ inquiry was troublingly ambiguous. Croesus meant ‘What do I happen to be doing right now?’ but in the oracular tablets, similar questions mean ‘What might I do to find fortune?’ I propose, therefore, that the other oracles could have offered Croesus advice about having fortune, which the king unwittingly discarded as not fitting his test, and I argue that this interpretation is more consonant with Herodotus’ view of oracles in the rest of the Histories
Ephorus and Alexander the Great (FGrHist 70 F 223)
Get PDFScholars have long maintained that Ephorus began work on the Histories in the middle years of the fourth century, and so place its genesis and most of its composition before the reign of Alexander the Great. A fragment that mentions Alexander’s crossing into Asia (FGrHist 70 F 223) has long been dismissed, but this article argues that it accurately reflects the content of the Histories and most likely appeared in Book 1, which suggests that Ephorus was composing this work decades later than generally thought, during the reign of Alexander
