Valorizing the Barbarians : Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography.
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- 9780292729919
- Mithridates-VI Eupator,-King of Pontus,-approximately 132 B.C.-63 B.C
- Hannibal,-247 B.C.-182 B.C
- Boadicea,-Queen,--62
- Imperialism-Historiography
- Enemies-Rome-Provinces-Historiography
- Roman provinces-Historiography
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin-History and criticism
- Rome-History-Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.-Historiography
- Rome-Foreign public opinion
- Rome-Intellectual life
- 937/.03072
- DG271
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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