Appian - Luke Pitcher

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Auteur(s) : Luke Pitcher

Editeur : Oxford University Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/04/2025

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 304.0

ISBN : 9780198923923

Résumé :

• Part I. Appian, The Preface, and the Roman History
• 1: The Life of Appian
• 2: The Composition, Structure, and Sources of the Roman History
• 3: Understanding the Preface
• 4: The Structure of the Individual Books
• Part II. Beyond the Preface-Emergent Structures and Techniques of the Roman History
• 5: Spaces, Cities, and Homelands
• 6: Communities and Collectives
• 7: The Individual in the History
• Part III. The Aims, Goals, and Achievement of the History
• 8: The Aims of Appian (I)-The Roman History as a History
• 9: The Aims of Appian (II)-Enjoyment and Instruction
• Afterword

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Biographie:
Luke Pitcher read Literae Humaniores at Exeter College, Oxford, and did graduate work at Somerville College, Oxford. He was Esm?e Fairbairn Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford, from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2009 he was Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Since 2009, he has been Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Classics....

Sommaire:

• Part I. Appian, The Preface, and the Roman History


• 1: The Life of Appian


• 2: The Composition, Structure, and Sources of the Roman History


• 3: Understanding the Preface


• 4: The Structure of the Individual Books


• Part II. Beyond the Preface-Emergent Structures and Techniques of the Roman History


• 5: Spaces, Cities, and Homelands


• 6: Communities and Collectives


• 7: The Individual in the History


• Part III. The Aims, Goals, and Achievement of the History


• 8: The Aims of Appian (I)-The Roman History as a History


• 9: The Aims of Appian (II)-Enjoyment and Instruction


• Afterword