Emperors and Historiography (English, Diederik Burgersdijk | Joop Van Waarden)

About the Book

In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Dani�l den Hengst, professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Amsterdam, concerns the development of Roman historiography, the ways in which Roman historians present their work and the intertextual relations between these works and other literary genres. Special attention is given to the Historia A…

ISBN: 9789004174382