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Published 2017
Omnium annalium monumenta : historical writing and historical evidence in Republican Rome /

: This edited volume brings a variety of approaches to the problem of how the Romans conceived of their history, what were the mechanisms for their preservation of the past, and how did the Romans come to write about their past. Building on important recent work in historiography, and the recent memory turn, the authors consider the practicalities of transmission, literary and generic influences, and the role of the city of Rome in preserving and transmitting memories of the past. The result is a major contribution to our understanding of the role history played in Roman life, and the kinds of evidence which could be deployed in constructing Roman history.
: 1 online resource (XVIII, 535 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004355552 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2010
Brill's companion to Silius Italicus /

: Only recently have scholars turned their attention to Silius Italicus' Punica , a poem the reputation of which was eclipsed by the emergence of Virgil's Aeneid as the canonical Latin epos of Augustan Rome. This collection of essays aims at examining the importance of Silius' historical epic in Flavian, Domitianic Rome by offering a detailed overview of the poem's context and intertext, its themes and images, and its reception from antiquity through Renaissance and modern philological criticism. This pioneering volume is the first comprehensive, collaborative study on the longest epic poem in Latin literature.
: 1 online resource (xxi, 512 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-472) and indexes. : 9789004217119 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.