The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor
A radical rewriting of the history of fourth-century Latin literatureDemonstrates for the first time both the contemporary and lasting influence of Victor's historiographyDiscusses a wide range of both canonical and neglected authors and texts, including Sallust, St Jerome, Ammianus, the Histor...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2023]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Edinburgh Studies in Later Latin Literature Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009767237606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Conventions and Abbreviations
- Part One. The Lost Historia
- Introduction
- I. The Historian Victor
- II. The Works Attributed to Victor
- III. The Genre of Epitome
- IV. The Nature of Victor's History
- V. Victor's Readers
- Conclusion to Part One. Two Editions of Victor's Historia
- Part Two. Late-Roman Historiography Reconsidered
- VI. Enmann and the Kaisergeschichte
- VII. Ausonius and Marius Maximus
- VIII. The Historia Augusta
- IX. Ammianus Marcellinus and Nicomachus Flavianus
- X. Greeks and Latins
- Conclusion. Victor the Historian
- Appendix. The Text of Victor
- List of Works Cited
- Maps of Victor's World
- Index of Manuscripts Cited
- Index of Sources
- General Index
