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1 online resource (viii, 362 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Mnemosyne supplements,
0169-8958.
Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;
v. 319
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 319.
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-344) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prose of the Late Republic and Early Empire. Cicero and history ; Dic, Marce Tulli! Cicero's attitude towards the Caesarians after Caesar's death ; Memoria, thesaurus eloquentiae : the Auctor ad Herennium, Cicero and Quintilian on mnemotechnics ; The preface to Livy's Ab urbe condita ; Alexander and Rome ; The biographies of the Roman emperors ; Latin historiography and Plutarch -- Historia augusta. Verba, non res : über die Inventio in den Reden und Schriftstücken in der Historia augusta ; The author's literary culture ; Die Poesie in der Historia augusta : Bemerkungen zur Opiliusvita ; Selbstkommentare in der Historia augusta ; Some notes on the Vita Taciti ; The Plato of poets : Vergil in the Historia augusta ; The discussion of authorship ; Die Kausalkonjunktionen quod, quia und quoniam in der Historia augusta ; Review of : Histoire auguste 4,2 : view des deux Auréliens et des deux Galliens, ed O. Desbordes, S. Ratti, Paris 2000 ; Review of : Histoire auguste 5,1 : views d'Aurélien et de Tacite, ed. F. Paschoud, Paris 1996 ; Review of : Histoire auguste 5,2 : vies de Probus, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus et Bonose, Carus, Numérien, et Carin, ed. F. Paschoud, Paris 2001 -- Ammianus Marcellinus. The Romanization of Julian ; Ammianus Marcellinus on astronomy (Res gestae 20.3) ; The scientific digressions in Ammianus' Res gestae ; Hidden polemics : Ammianus' digression on Egypt (Res gestae 21.15-16) ; Senium Imperii ; Mantuanus vates excelsus : Vergil in the Res gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus ; Literary aspects of Ammianus' second digression on Rome ; Vir utriusque literaturae non vulgariter callens emunctaeque naris : sur Ghelen, éditeur d'Ammien Marcellin ; Vir heroicis connumerandus ingeniis : Ammianus' final verdict on the Emperor Julian ; Preparing the reader for war : Ammianus' digression on siege engines. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Texts in English, German and French; selections in Latin and Ancient Greek. |
| Subject |
Scriptores historiae Augustae.
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Scriptores historiae Augustae. |
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Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum gestarum libri.
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Rerum gestarum libri (Ammianus Marcellinus) |
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Scriptores historiae Augustae. |
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Emperors -- Rome -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476 -- Historiography.
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284-476 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Burgersdijk, D. W. P. (Diederik W. P.)
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Waarden, J. A. van (Joop A. van)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hengst, Daniël den. Emperors and historiography. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9004174389 (DLC) 2010290854 (OCoLC)465389663 |
| ISBN |
9789004193222 (electronic book) |
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9004193227 (electronic book) |
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9004174389 |
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9789004174382 |
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