Roman Life: Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and in Stone: Rutilius Gallicus on Paper & in Stone (Exeter Studies in History) - Softcover

Henderson, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859895653 ISBN 13: 9780859895651

Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Rutilius Gallicus was chief of police, poet and courtier of the Roman Emperor Domitian. He is a unique figure in that he can be studied in detail through both text and inscription, thereby fusing literature with history, and linking poetry with epigraphy. His recovery from a critical illness was celebrated in a sparkling poem by Statius, the poet laureate whose work is currently being read with new interest. 

As well as taking the reader on a tour across the city of Rome and the provinces, and through Flavian history and culture, Gallicus is by turns a sternly formal public servant, a delicate amateur poet and speaker, a workaholic chasing an early grave, the darling of his people, the strong-man of his tyrant Emperor, the miraculously resurrected patient of Apollo and a soldier-hero of the empire. How long could his luck last?

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

John Henderson is Professor of Classics, University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics of King's College, Cambridge. He is co-author (with Mary Beard) of Classics: A very short introduction (Oxford, 1995) and is the author of many books, including Figuring Out Roman Nobility: Juvenal's Eighth Satire (1997).

John Henderson is Reader in Latin Literature, University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He is co-author (with Mary Beard) of Classics: A very short introduction (Oxford, 1995) and is the author of many books, including Figuring Out Roman Nobility: Juvenal's Eighth Satire (1997) and A Roman Life: Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and In Stone (1998), both published by University of Exeter Press.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0859895653
• ISBN 13: 9780859895651
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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