The fall of Nero and the civil wars of 69 CE ushered in an era scarred by the recent conflicts; Flavian literature also inherited a rich tradition of narrating nefas from its predecessors who had confronted and commemorated the traumas of Pharsalus and Actium. Despite the present surge of scholarly interest in both Flavian literary studies and Roman civil war literature, however, the Flavian contribution to Rome's literature of bellum ciuile remains understudied. This volume shines a spotlight on these neglected voices. In the wake of 69 CE, writing civil war became an inescapable project for Flavian Rome: from Statius's fraternas acies and Silius's suicidal Saguntines to the internecine narratives detailed in Josephus's Bellum Iudaicum and woven into Frontinus's exempla, Flavian authors' preoccupation with civil war transcends genre and subject matter. This book provides an important new chapter in the study of Roman civil war literature by investigating the multi-faceted Flavian response to this persistent and prominent theme.
| ISBN: | 9783110736885 |
| Publication date: | 7th December 2020 |
| Author: | Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, Darcy Anne Krasne |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 499 pages |
| Series: | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
The fall of Nero and the civil wars of 69 CE ushered in an era scarred by the recent conflicts; Flavian literature also inherited a rich tradition of narrating nefas from its predecessors who had confronted and commemorated the traumas of Pharsalus and Actium. Despite the present surge of scholarly interest in both Flavian literary studies and Roman civil war literature, however, the Flavian contribution to Rome's literature of bellum ciuile remains understudied. This volume shines a spotlight on these neglected voices. In the wake of 69 CE, writing civil war became an inescapable project for Flavian Rome: from Statius's fraternas acies and Silius's suicidal Saguntines to the internecine narratives detailed in Josephus's Bellum Iudaicum and woven into Frontinus's exempla, Flavian authors' preoccupation with civil war transcends genre and subject matter. This book provides an important new chapter in the study of Roman civil war literature by investigating the multi-faceted Flavian response to this persistent and prominent theme.
After 69 CE - Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
After 69 CE - Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome is available in Paperback, Hardback
After 69 CE - Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome was written by Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, Darcy Anne Krasne and published by De Gruyter
After 69 CE - Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome has 499 pages
Yes it is part of Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes series