Velleius Paterculus' short work is the earliest surviving attempt on the part of a post-Augustan historian to survey the history of the res publica from its origins to his own times. In a period from which no other contemporary historical narrative survives in more than meagre fragments, Velleius' work is uniquely important. It is a critical counter to the later accounts of Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio, not simply because it offers a different view of Tiberius, but because Velleius saw continuity where later authors saw only radical change which destroyed the Republic and put monarchy in its place. For other reasons, too, Velleius occupies a unique position in Roman historiography. This collection of papers, by a distinguished cast of scholars, represents a wide-ranging re-examination of Velleius' work, of its place within, and contribution to, Roman historiography and the intellectual history of the early Principate.
Author(s): Edward Bispham, Eleanor Cowan
Series: Roman Culture in an Age of Civil War
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 378
City: Swansea
CONTENTS
NOTE ON CONTRIBUTORS
E. Cowan. INTRODUCTION
Part I. Velleius
Barbara Levick. VELLEIUS PATERCULUS AS SENATOR: A DREAM WITH FOOTNOTES
Notes
Edward Bispham.TIME FOR ITALY IN VELLEIUS PATERCULUS
Notes
Maria Elefante. A PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF CAMPANIA
Notes
PART II. HISTORIOGRAPHY AND INTERTEXTUALITY
John Rich. VELLEIUS’ HISTORY: GENRE AND PURPOSE
Notes
W. Martin Bloomer. TRANSIT ADMIRATIO: MEMORIA, INVIDIA, AND THE HISTORIAN
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John Marincola. EXPLANATIONS IN VELLEIUS
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Victoria Emma Pagan. VELLEIUS 2.30.6 AND TACITUS, HISTORIES 4.81.2: ACCOMPLISHING ALLUSION
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Christopher Pelling. VELLEIUS AND BIOGRAPHY:THE CASE OF JULIUS CAESAR
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PART III. ROMAN THEMES, ROMAN VALUES
Ulrich Schmitzer. ROMAN VALUES IN VELLEIUS
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John Alexander Lobur. RESUSCITATING A TEXT:VELLEIUS’ HISTORY AS CULTURAL EVIDENCE
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Tom Hillard. VELLEIUS 2.124.2 AND THE RELUCTANT PRINCEPS: THE EVOLUTION OF ROMAN PERCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP
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Luke Pitcher. THE STONES OF BLOOD: FAMILY, MONUMENTALITY, AND MEMORY IN VELLEIUS’ SECOND CENTURY
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Catherine Steel. HEROISM AND DESPAIR IN VELLEIUS’REPUBLICAN NARRATIVE
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PART IV. VELLEIUS AND...
T. P. Wiseman. VELLEIUS AND THE GAMES
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Robin Seager. PAENE OMNIUM VITIORUM EXPERS, NISI...: VELLEIUS ON POMPEY
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Kathryn Welch. VELLEIUS AND LIVIA: MAKING A PORTRAIT
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Eleanor Cowan. VELLEIUS AND THE PRINCEPS ROMANI NOMINIS
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CONSOLIDATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED
