Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology)
Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology)
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- Author
- Barnes, Timothy
- Publishers
- Cornell University Press [published date: 1998]
- Keyword
- Classica Ancient Rome Greece
- Cover description
- Very Good
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
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8vo Hardcover in dj 8vo. Pages: 336, Preface Editions, Translations, and Commentaries Abbreviations I The Impartial Historian 1II Reality and Its Representation 11III Symmetry and Structure 20IV Narrative and Excursus 32V Dating, Emphasis, and Omission 43VI Origin and Social Status 54VII The Greek Template 65VIII Christian Language and Anti-Christian Polemic 79IX Things Seen and Things Read 95X Enemies, Animals, and Stereotypes 107XI Empresses and Eunuchs 120XII Tyranny and Incompetence 129XIII The New Achilles 143XIV Past, Present, and Future 166XV Tacitus, Ammianus, and Macaulay 187App. 1 The Text of Ammianus 201App. 2 The Structure of Livy"s Ab Urbe Condita 209App. 3 Ammianus" References to the Lost Books 213App. 4 Consular Dates in the Res Gestae 218App. 5 Formal Excursus 222App. 6 Ammianus" Use of Accentual Clausuale 225App. 7 Corrupt and Mistaken Dates 231App. 8 Missing Praefecti Urbis 237App. 9 Maximinus and the Trials at Rome under Valentinian 241 More
