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Famiglia romana e famiglia vandala nell'Africa di Vittore di Vita
Get PDFBehind the theological interpretation of the events that mark the entire work of Victor Vitensis, the Historia Persecutionis contains multiple information about both Roman-African family and the Vandal one. The hagiographic representation in which the member of the African family are protagonist allow to consider the author knowledge about the marriage law and the role of the family members in late antiquity. At the same time the description of the Vandal Kings' actions provides essential information about their succession system and their family relationship
Sull’aborto e la sterilità di Eusebia e Costanzo. Riflessioni a partire da Ammiano, 16.10.18-19
No full textAnalisi e commento di un problematico passo di Ammiano relativo all'unicum presente del coinvolgimento di Eusebio nell'aborto-o negli aborti, di Elena, moglie di Giuliano. Considerazioni sulle dinamiche di corte e considerazioni storiografiche
Faustina Minore, Avidio Cassio, Marco Aurelio
No full textIn this paper I shall take issue with those historical narratives (mainly from Cassio Dio and the Historia Augusta) testifying to an active political role played by Marcus Aurelius' wife, Faustina Minor, on the occasion of the usurpation of the rector totius Orientis Avidius Cassius that took place in 175 AD. Such narratives, contradictory and partly antithetical to each other, probably aim at covering up the actual responsibilities of the revolt, given that they tend to shift the blame to a single person. It should be stressed, however, that in the II century AD the Augustae are finally credited with a concrete role in the Imperial politics, as it is emphasized by the bestowal of the title mater castrorum to Faustina Minor herself
Sul Proemio degli Anekdota di Procopio
Get PDFThis paper offers a new analysis of the proem of Procopius’ Anekdota (I 1-10). The author discloses Procopius’ own original rework of, and polished intertextual dialogue with, Greek historians of the V and the IV century BC such as Thucydides and Theopompus (An. I 2-3 ~ Theop. FGrHist 115 T 20a and T 20a+; An. I 4-5 ~ Thuc. I 21.1), thus showing that the proem of the Anekdota is not a mere collection of "topoi". While introducing the Anekdota to his readers, Procopius appears to be self-aware of the fundamental tasks of historical inquiry. He presents his work as a piece of real historical inquiry, and specifically, as an aetiological supplement to the Bella
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Travolti dall’ascesi? Famiglie aristocratiche di Gallia passate dal secolo a Dio (fine IV− inizi V sec.)
No full textVariations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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