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Author:   Eleanor Cowan
Publisher:   Classical Press of Wales
Imprint:   Classical Press of Wales
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.818kg
ISBN:  

9781905125456

ISBN 10:   1905125453
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   21 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction (Eleanor Cowan) Velleius Paterculus as Senator. A dream with footnotes (Barbara Levick) A page in the history of Campania (Maria Elefante Velleius Paterculus and his Italian background (Edward Bispham) Transit admiratio: memoria, invidia, and the historian (Martin Bloomer) Velleius' history: genre and models (John Rich) Explanatory strategies in Velleius (John Marincola) Velleius 2.30.6 and Tacitus, Histories 4.81: allusion and intertext (Victoria Pagan) Velleius and biography: the case of Julius Caesar (Christopher Pelling) Roman values in Velleius (Ulrich Schmitzer) Resuscitating a text: Velleius' history as cultural evidence (John Lobur) Velleius 2.124.2 and the reluctant princeps (Tom Hillard) 'Dying with their boots on': ambivalence in Velleius' depiction of republican notables (Clemence Schultze) The Stones of Blood: Family, Monumentality, and Memory in Velleius' Second Century (Luke Pitcher) Heroism and Despair in Velleius Paterculus' narrative of the Republic (Catherine Steel) Velleius and the Games (T.P. Wiseman) Velleius and Pompey: ambiguities and contradictions (Robin Seager) Velleius Paterculus' portrait of Livia (Kathryn Welch) Velleius and the princeps Romani nominis (Eleanor Cowan)

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The fit and finish of this volume are superb, in keeping with The Classical Press of Wales' standards. -- Emil. A. Kramer Journal of Roman Studies Issue 103 (2013)

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