Historiography and Imagination

Eight Essays on Roman Culture

T.P. Wiseman

Historiography and Imagination
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T.P. Wiseman

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167 pages | illustrations | 8 x 5-4/5 | © 1994
University of Exeter Press - Exeter Studies in History
Paper $34.95 ISBN: 9780859894227 Published January 1994 For sale in North and South America only
How did the Romans make sense of their own past? And how can we make sense of it, when the evidence for early Rome and the Republic is so inadequate? In this volume, Professor Wiseman focuses on some of the more unfamiliar aspects of the Roman experience, where the historian needs not just knowledge but imagination, too.
 
The first essay in the book, the 1993 Ronald Syme Lecture 'The Origins of Historiography', argues that dramatic performances at the public games were the medium through which the Romans in the 'pre-literary' period made sense of their own past. All Latin and Greek source material is translated.

Classical Review

“Wiseman regales us here with yet another volume of essays on linked themes and this collection shows him in vintage form. All his characteristic virtues are on display - stylistic elegance and wit, dazzling eruditic and imaginative flair . . . this is a rich and rewarding volume.” –Classical Review

Times Literary Supplement

“...this is an extremely useful book...The final essay[...] is Professor Wiseman at his very best, integrating sensitive interpretation of literary texts with erudite material, to present a fascinating exposition of the ideological significance of elite residences in ancient Rome.” –Times Literary Supplement

Contents
List of Figures
Introduction

1. The Origins of Roman Historiography
2. Roman Legend and Oral Tradition
3. Monuments and the Roman Annalists
4. Lucretius, Catiline and the Survival of Prophecy
5. Satyrs in Rome?
6. The Necessary Lesson
7. Who Was Crassicius Pansa?
8. Conspicui postes tectaque digna deo

Abbreviations
Notes
Index
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