From Republic to Empire: Scipio Africanus in the Punica of Silius ItalicusPeter Lang, 2005 - 308 sayfa From Republic to Empire challenges the long-held view that Silius Italicus' Punica is a nostalgic epic and argues that it is, instead, centrally concerned with and fundamentally shaped by the contemporary Flavian world in which it was composed. The epic documents how Rome's Republic took its first steps toward becoming an Empire during the Second Punic War and identifies the leader Scipio Africanus as the critical impetus behind this development: his rise to prominence in the war's later stages brings about a change in Rome's power-structure, a shift toward one-man rule, Scipio's - rule, that prefigures and paves the way for the political arrangement under which the poet himself lived, the Principate. In portraying Scipio as a good king and a virtuous princeps, Silius, furthermore, offers the emperor of his own day, Domitian, a leadership-ideal to aspire to and emulate." |
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Class TABLE OF CONTENTS | 7 |
REINVIGORATION AND REJUVENATION | 13 |
FABIAN VIRTUES | 21 |
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Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle
From Republic to Empire: Scipio Africanus in the Punica of Silius Italicus Raymond Marks Metin Parçacığı görünümü - 2005 |
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Albrecht Alexander allusion appears arma Bacchus Band battle battle of Zama Billerbeck book 15 Burck Camillus Cannae Carthage Carthaginians compares connection Crossroads episode Darwall-Smith 1996 Davis defeat divine Domitian elder Scipio emperor Ennius epic Fabius fact Flaminius Flavian Fucecchi fulmen fulmina Fulvius goddess gods Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Hercules hero identified Iuppiter Juno Jupiter Jupiter's speech king Kissel Laudizi leaders leadership Livius Livy Livy's Marcellus Mart martial Masinissa McGuire Mezzanotte 1995 Minucius moral Nekyia Nero Nicol Niemann omen panegyric paternity Paulus poet Pomeroy prophecy puer Punica Quirinus recalls reference Ripoll Roman Rome Rome's Romulus scepter sceptri Scipio's father Scipio's triumph Scipio's victory Second Punic Second Punic War securus senate siege Silius Silv simile Spain Spaltenstein 1990 Spanish campaign spear omen Statius status story suggests swiftness Syphax teleology Ticinus Titans uirtus Varro vicegerent Virg Virtus Voluptas youth Zama
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In the Image of the Ancestors: Narratives of Kinship in Flavian Epic Neil W. Bernstein Sınırlı önizleme - 2008 |