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View article: Roman History
Roman History Open
Studies on magistracies have emerged as a solid and important trend in the scholarship on the Roman Republic over the last quarter of a century, and have enabled important connections between institutional history, prosopography, and the e…
View article: The Politics of Syme’s Revolution
The Politics of Syme’s Revolution Open
This paper explores an aspect of the interplay between Ronald Syme’s political outlook and his historiographical trajectory. It proposes to read The Roman Revolution against the backdrop of the wider development of Syme’s scholarship. Its …
View article: C. Causinius Schola: an eques in Frontline Politics
C. Causinius Schola: an eques in Frontline Politics Open
This note discusses the evidence on the eques C. Causinius Schola, an associate of Clodius, and argues for the significance of his political role in late Republican Rome.
View article: Roberto Cristofoli, Marco Giunio Bruto. Il cesaricida che diede la vita in nome degli ideali della Repubblica
Roberto Cristofoli, Marco Giunio Bruto. Il cesaricida che diede la vita in nome degli ideali della Repubblica Open
View article: Two Collective Volumes on Livy
Two Collective Volumes on Livy Open
Recensione di Baldo, G.; Beltramini, L. (a cura di) (2019). ‘A primordio urbis’. Un itinerario per gli studi liviani . Turnhout: Brepols, 572 pp. GIF Bibliotheca 19 e Baldo, G.; Beltramini, L. (a cura di) (2021). ‘Livius noster’. Tito Livi…
View article: Xinyue, Bobby (2022). Politics & Divinization in Augustan Poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Xinyue, Bobby (2022). Politics & Divinization in Augustan Poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press Open
In this clearly argued and well-informed book, which is the development of a UCL doctoral thesis, Bobby Xinyue (henceforth X.) revisits a problem that has attracted considerable scholarly attention, and is of eminent significance across th…
View article: Introducción al dossier: “Lecturas historiográficas sobre la romanización”
Introducción al dossier: “Lecturas historiográficas sobre la romanización” Open
Introducción al dossier
View article: Historiografías de la romanización: el caso de Italia
Historiografías de la romanización: el caso de Italia Open
Este artículo analiza algunos aspectos de la historiografía moderna sobre la romanización de Italia, siguiendo un enfoque temático centrado en tres aspectos: el estudio de las antigüedades itálicas en la Italia preunitaria, el debate sobre…
View article: Marco Buonocore (éd.), Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Inscriptiones Calabriae Apuliae Samnii Sabinorum Piceni Latinae. Supplementum. Regio Italiae quarta. vol. IX. Suppl. Pars 1, Fasc. 3 et Fasc. 4
Marco Buonocore (éd.), Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Inscriptiones Calabriae Apuliae Samnii Sabinorum Piceni Latinae. Supplementum. Regio Italiae quarta. vol. IX. Suppl. Pars 1, Fasc. 3 et Fasc. 4 Open
View article: Andrew Dyck, A commentary on Cicero, De Divinatione II. Michigan classical commentaries. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020, $80.00, xviii+320 pp., ISBN 978-0-472-07457-0.
Andrew Dyck, A commentary on Cicero, De Divinatione II. Michigan classical commentaries. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020, $80.00, xviii+320 pp., ISBN 978-0-472-07457-0. Open
Six years after the appearance of Celia Schultz's commentary on the first book of De Diuinatione (reviewed in ExClass 20, 2014, 309-14; cf.p. vii), the Michigan Classical Commentaries series at UM Press produces a commentary on Book 2 by A…
View article: Immagini religiose nel mondo romano. Nove saggi
Immagini religiose nel mondo romano. Nove saggi Open
Qual è il ruolo delle immagini nelle dinamiche religiose, e come occorre valutarne l’importanza? Creare l’immagine di una divinità o renderla visibile ha un impatto sulla prassi, sulla devozione religiosa e sulla più vasta riflessione che …
View article: Apresentação - Dossiê: construções historiográficas de autoridade e autoria a partir dos modelos clássicos
Apresentação - Dossiê: construções historiográficas de autoridade e autoria a partir dos modelos clássicos Open
View article: Politics of Gratitude: A Note on Cic.<i>Phil.</i>7.23
Politics of Gratitude: A Note on Cic.<i>Phil.</i>7.23 Open
This note discusses Cicero’s reference to the contribution of Firmum and the Marrucini to the early stages of the mobilisation against Mark Antony in 43 BCE, and sets them in the context of Cicero’s previous connections with those communit…
View article: The Crisis of the Roman Republic: Archaeology of a Concept
The Crisis of the Roman Republic: Archaeology of a Concept Open
Questo saggio propone uno studio analitico del dibattito storiografico sulla crisi della Repubblica romana: ne esplora i principali sviluppi dal Medioevo ai giorni nostri e discute le varie definizioni che di quel concetto sono state propo…
View article: Marco Buonocore (éd.), Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum. Inscriptiones Calabriae Apuliae Samnii Sabinorum Piceni Latinae. Supplementum. Regio Italiae quarta. vol. IX. Suppl. Pars 1. Fasc. 1 et Fasc. 2
Marco Buonocore (éd.), Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum. Inscriptiones Calabriae Apuliae Samnii Sabinorum Piceni Latinae. Supplementum. Regio Italiae quarta. vol. IX. Suppl. Pars 1. Fasc. 1 et Fasc. 2 Open
Marco Buonocore (henceforth B.) recounts the story of this project in the preface to the first volume of his Supplementum to CIL IX. He first came up with the idea during a train journey (LXXIII: cum pulcherrimas regionis Aprotinae plagas……
View article: Arnaldo Marcone, <i>Dopo il fascismo</i>
Arnaldo Marcone, <i>Dopo il fascismo</i> Open
View article: With or Without You: Some Late Hellenistic Narratives of Contemporary History
With or Without You: Some Late Hellenistic Narratives of Contemporary History Open
This paper charts some trends in local historiography during the late Hellenistic period, draws attention to the role that public epigraphy plays in that connection, and shows how competing narratives on recent and contemporary history are…
View article: La monotonia delle parole d’ordine. Catchwords e cultura politica nella tarda Repubblica romana
La monotonia delle parole d’ordine. Catchwords e cultura politica nella tarda Repubblica romana Open
A memorable chapter of Ronald Syme’s The Roman Revolution (1939) is entitled Political Catchwords. This paper discusses the relevance of that concept to the study of the late Roman Republic, and its wider methodological and historiographic…
View article: An Avenger in Pliny (NH 2.241 and 35.14)
An Avenger in Pliny (NH 2.241 and 35.14) Open
A reconsideration of the two mentions of L. Marcius in Pliny the Elder's Natural History leads to the conclusion that Valerius Antias' account of the Roman counter-offensive in Spain of 211 placed the emphasis on Marcius' revenge of the re…
View article: Estátuas na religião romana
Estátuas na religião romana Open
Este volume reúne nove estudos sobre estátuas de divindades no Mediterrâneo romano, considerando-as como produtos históricos caracterizados pela plasticidade e pelo dinamismo de suas formas e significados. Linguagens visuais, elementos ico…
View article: Antonio La Penna, Io e l’antico. Conversazione con Arnaldo Marcone
Antonio La Penna, Io e l’antico. Conversazione con Arnaldo Marcone Open
Readers of this remarkable little book would be well advised to start from its iconographical appendix. There is a widespread, antagonistic and comforting narrative that dominates much of the discourse on Classics as a subject, especially …
View article: Contributors
Contributors Open
View article: Tanja Itgenshorst – Philippe Le Doze (Hgg.), La norme sous la République et le Haut-Empire romains. Élaboration, diffusion et contournements, Bordeaux (Ausonius Éditions) 2017 (Scripta antiqua 96), 681 S., ISBN 978-2-35613-180-5 (brosch.), € 30,–
Tanja Itgenshorst – Philippe Le Doze (Hgg.), La norme sous la République et le Haut-Empire romains. Élaboration, diffusion et contournements, Bordeaux (Ausonius Éditions) 2017 (Scripta antiqua 96), 681 S., ISBN 978-2-35613-180-5 (brosch.), € 30,– Open
View article: Prodigies in the Early Principate?
Prodigies in the Early Principate? Open
This chapter stems from the question of whether we can still meaningfully speak of prodigies for the early Roman Principate. Modern accounts of prodigy expiation in Roman religion end their treatments with the fall of the Republic and do n…
View article: Pietas y guerra civil
Pietas y guerra civil Open
Las guerras civiles del período tardorrepublicano son un período de profunda agitación política, en el que la cohesión y la viabilidad de la comunidad cívica son severamente cuestionadas. Esto posee significativas ramificaciones religiosas…
View article: Plutarch and the Late Republican Civil Wars
Plutarch and the Late Republican Civil Wars Open
Plutarch of Chaeronea (ca.45-ca.125 CE) had a wide range of intellectual interests, which are reflected in an extraordinarily rich and diverse body of work.1 It is fair to say, though, that the civil wars of the Late Republican period were…
View article: Stefanie Märtin, Die politische Führungsschicht der römischen Republik im 2. Jh. v. Chr. zwischen Konformitätsstreben und struktureller Differenzierung, Trier (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag) 2012 (Bochumer Altertumswissenschaftliches Colloquium 87), 585 S., ISBN 978-3-86821-396-6 (geb.), € 59,50
Stefanie Märtin, Die politische Führungsschicht der römischen Republik im 2. Jh. v. Chr. zwischen Konformitätsstreben und struktureller Differenzierung, Trier (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag) 2012 (Bochumer Altertumswissenschaftliches Colloquium 87), 585 S., ISBN 978-3-86821-396-6 (geb.), € 59,50 Open
View article: LEI E ADIVINHAÇÃO NA REPÚBLICA ROMANA TARDIA
LEI E ADIVINHAÇÃO NA REPÚBLICA ROMANA TARDIA Open
Este artigo lida com as interseções entre lei e adivinhação na República romana tardia, enfocando principalmente a evidência de Cícero e alguns termos recorrentes em suas obras, notadamente divinato e prudenta. Outros materiais comparativo…
View article: « Writing Mommsen » (on M. Buonocore, ed., Lettere di Theodor Mommsen agli Italiani, Città del Vaticano, 2017)
« Writing Mommsen » (on M. Buonocore, ed., Lettere di Theodor Mommsen agli Italiani, Città del Vaticano, 2017) Open
In a codicil to his will Mommsen made the memorable provision that he did not wish the letters he had received ever to be published, and instructed his heirs not to hand over any papers to potential biographers. The significant section of …
View article: Public priests and religious innovation in imperial Rome
Public priests and religious innovation in imperial Rome Open