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Kathryn Welch (ed.), Appian's Roman History: Empire and C... more Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.11.32
Kathryn Welch (ed.), Appian's Roman History: Empire and Civil War. ISBN 9781910589007. Reviewed by Adam Kemezis, University of Alberta
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The Alternative Augustan Age, 2019
The princeps Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms larg... more The princeps Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and provocatively shifts the focus off Augustus while still looking at events of his time. Contributors uncover the perspectives and contributions of a range of individuals other than the princeps. Not all thought they were living in the “Augustan Age.” Not all took their cues from Augustus. In their self-display or ideas for reform, some anticipated Augustus. Others found ways to oppose him that also helped to shape the future of their community. The volume challenges the very idea of an “Augustan Age” by breaking down traditional turning points and showing the continuous experimentation and development of these years to be in continuity with earlier Roman culture. In showcasing absences of Augustus and giving other figures their due, the papers here make a seemingly familiar period startlingly new.
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Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series (HRE) by Kathryn Welch
by Carsten Hjort Lange, Jesper Majbom Madsen, Henning Börm, Johannes Wienand, John Rich, Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, Adam Kemezis, Josiah Osgood, Federico Santangelo, Alain M Gowing, Christopher Smith, Kathryn Welch, Andrew G Scott, and Christopher Mallan AIM AND SCOPE: Brill’s Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series aims to gather innovative and... more AIM AND SCOPE: Brill’s Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series aims to gather innovative and outstanding contributions in order to identify debates and trends, and in order to help provide a better understanding of ancient historiography, as well as how to approach Roman history and historiography. We would particularly welcome proposals that look at both Roman and Greek writers, but are also happy to look at ones which focus on individual writers, or individuals in the same tradition. It is timely and valuable to bring these trends and historical sources together by founding the Series, focusing mainly on the Republican period and the principate, as well as the Later Roman Empire.
Historical writing about Rome in both Latin and Greek forms an integrated topic. There are two strands in ancient writing about the Romans and their empire: (a) the Romans’ own tradition of histories of the deeds of the Roman people at home and at war, and (b) Greek historical responses, some developing their own models (Polybius, Josephus) and the others building on what both the Roman historians and earlier Greeks had written (Dionysius, Appian, Cassius Dio). Whereas older scholarship tended to privilege a small group of ‘great historians’ (the likes of Sallust, Livy, Tacitus), recent work has rightly brought out the diversity of the traditions and recognized that even ‘minor’ writers are worth exploring not just as sources, but for their own concerns and reinterpretation of their material (such as The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013), and the collected volumes on Velleius Paterculus (Cowan 2011) and Appian (Welch 2015)). The study of these historiographical traditions is essential as a counterbalance to the traditional use of ancient authors as a handy resource, with scholars looking at isolated sections of their structure. This fragmentary use of the ancient evidence makes us forget to reflect on their work in its textual and contextual entirety.
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LIBERA RES PVBLICA: MONOGRAPHS by Kathryn Welch
Nothing from the subsequent Augustan age can be fully explained without understanding the pre... more Nothing from the subsequent Augustan age can be fully explained without understanding the previous Triumviral period (43-31 BC). In this book, twenty experts from nine different countries and nineteen universities examine the Triumviral age not merely as a phase of transition to the Principate but as a proper period with its own dynamics and issues, which were a consequence of the previous years. The volume aims to address a series of underlying structural problems that emerged in that time, such as the legal nature of power attributed to the Triumvirs; changes and continuity in Republican institutions, both in Rome and the provinces of the Empire; the development of the very concept of civil war; the strategies of political communication and propaganda in order to win over public opinion; economic consequences for Rome and Italy, whether caused by the damage from constant wars or, alternatively, resulting from the proscriptions and confiscations carried out by the Triumvirs; and the transformation of Roman-Italian society. All these studies provide a complete, fresh and innovative picture of a key period that signaled the end of the Roman Republic.
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F. Vervaet
F. Pina Polo
M-C Ferriès
V. Arena
F. Rohr Vio
C. Steel
M. Jehne
F. Hurlet
H. van der Blom
E. García Riaza
K. Welch
D. Maschek
C. Rosillo-López
M. García Morcillo
A. Díaz Fernández
A. Raggi
W. J. Tatum
C. Ando
C.H. Lange
H. Cornwell
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Kathryn Welch (ed.), Appian's Roman History: Empire and Civil War. ISBN 9781910589007. Reviewed by Adam Kemezis, University of Alberta
Books by Kathryn Welch
Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series (HRE) by Kathryn Welch
Historical writing about Rome in both Latin and Greek forms an integrated topic. There are two strands in ancient writing about the Romans and their empire: (a) the Romans’ own tradition of histories of the deeds of the Roman people at home and at war, and (b) Greek historical responses, some developing their own models (Polybius, Josephus) and the others building on what both the Roman historians and earlier Greeks had written (Dionysius, Appian, Cassius Dio). Whereas older scholarship tended to privilege a small group of ‘great historians’ (the likes of Sallust, Livy, Tacitus), recent work has rightly brought out the diversity of the traditions and recognized that even ‘minor’ writers are worth exploring not just as sources, but for their own concerns and reinterpretation of their material (such as The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013), and the collected volumes on Velleius Paterculus (Cowan 2011) and Appian (Welch 2015)). The study of these historiographical traditions is essential as a counterbalance to the traditional use of ancient authors as a handy resource, with scholars looking at isolated sections of their structure. This fragmentary use of the ancient evidence makes us forget to reflect on their work in its textual and contextual entirety.
LIBERA RES PVBLICA: MONOGRAPHS by Kathryn Welch
With papers from:
F. Vervaet
F. Pina Polo
M-C Ferriès
V. Arena
F. Rohr Vio
C. Steel
M. Jehne
F. Hurlet
H. van der Blom
E. García Riaza
K. Welch
D. Maschek
C. Rosillo-López
M. García Morcillo
A. Díaz Fernández
A. Raggi
W. J. Tatum
C. Ando
C.H. Lange
H. Cornwell
Kathryn Welch (ed.), Appian's Roman History: Empire and Civil War. ISBN 9781910589007. Reviewed by Adam Kemezis, University of Alberta
Historical writing about Rome in both Latin and Greek forms an integrated topic. There are two strands in ancient writing about the Romans and their empire: (a) the Romans’ own tradition of histories of the deeds of the Roman people at home and at war, and (b) Greek historical responses, some developing their own models (Polybius, Josephus) and the others building on what both the Roman historians and earlier Greeks had written (Dionysius, Appian, Cassius Dio). Whereas older scholarship tended to privilege a small group of ‘great historians’ (the likes of Sallust, Livy, Tacitus), recent work has rightly brought out the diversity of the traditions and recognized that even ‘minor’ writers are worth exploring not just as sources, but for their own concerns and reinterpretation of their material (such as The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013), and the collected volumes on Velleius Paterculus (Cowan 2011) and Appian (Welch 2015)). The study of these historiographical traditions is essential as a counterbalance to the traditional use of ancient authors as a handy resource, with scholars looking at isolated sections of their structure. This fragmentary use of the ancient evidence makes us forget to reflect on their work in its textual and contextual entirety.
With papers from:
F. Vervaet
F. Pina Polo
M-C Ferriès
V. Arena
F. Rohr Vio
C. Steel
M. Jehne
F. Hurlet
H. van der Blom
E. García Riaza
K. Welch
D. Maschek
C. Rosillo-López
M. García Morcillo
A. Díaz Fernández
A. Raggi
W. J. Tatum
C. Ando
C.H. Lange
H. Cornwell