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Valorizing the Barbarians : Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (284 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292729919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Valorizing the BarbariansDDC classification:
  • 937/.03072
LOC classification:
  • DG271
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- Part I: Mithridates and the East -- 1. "A Deep-Seated Lust for Empire and Riches": Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis -- 2. "Their Whole Population Has the Spirit of Wolves": Pompeius Trogus' Speech of Mithridates -- Part II: Hannibal and Carthage -- 3. "He Considered It to Be in No Way Worthy to Contemplate the Hope of Living Defeated": Polybius' Speeches of Hannibal -- 4. "Nothing at All Has Been Left to Us, Except That Which We Defend with Arms": Livy's Hannibal -- Part III: Boudica and Britain -- 5. "Men Might Live and Be Slaves": Tacitus' Speech of Boudica -- 6. "Slaves to a Bad Lyre-Player": Cassius Dio's Speech of Boudica -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix: Texts and Translations of the Speeches Examined at Length -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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Intro -- contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- Part I: Mithridates and the East -- 1. "A Deep-Seated Lust for Empire and Riches": Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis -- 2. "Their Whole Population Has the Spirit of Wolves": Pompeius Trogus' Speech of Mithridates -- Part II: Hannibal and Carthage -- 3. "He Considered It to Be in No Way Worthy to Contemplate the Hope of Living Defeated": Polybius' Speeches of Hannibal -- 4. "Nothing at All Has Been Left to Us, Except That Which We Defend with Arms": Livy's Hannibal -- Part III: Boudica and Britain -- 5. "Men Might Live and Be Slaves": Tacitus' Speech of Boudica -- 6. "Slaves to a Bad Lyre-Player": Cassius Dio's Speech of Boudica -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix: Texts and Translations of the Speeches Examined at Length -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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