Valorizing the Barbarians
Subtitle: enemy speeches in Roman historiography
By: Eric Adler
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture; Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780292726284
Subjects: Historiography; Provinces; Foreign public opinion; Intellectual life; History and criticism; Enemies; Imperialism; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin; Roman provinces; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Mithridates and the East; title: "A deep-seated lust for empire and riches" : Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis; title: "Their whole population has the spirit of wolves" : Pompeius Trogus' speech of Mithridates; title: pt. 2. Hannibal and Carthage; title: "He considered it to be in no way worthy to contemplate the hope of living defeated" : Polybius' speeches of Hannibal; title: "Nothing at all has been left to us, except that which we defend with arms" : Livy's Hannibal; title: pt. 3. Boudica and Britain; title: "Men might live and be slaves" : Tacitus' speech of Boudica; title: "Slaves to a bad lyre-player" : Cassius Dio's speech of Boudica; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix: Texts and translations of the speeches examined at length.