Herodian: Historiography and Literature at the End of the High Empire

Herodian: Historiography and Literature at the End of the High Empire

Edited by: Mario Baumann , Adam M. Kemezis and Maria-Eirini Zacharioudaki

 

Volume 112 | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies

Herodian (active c. 250 CE) was the author of an eight-book Greek history of the Empire from the reign of Commodus (180-192) to the civil wars of the year 238. It has always been a vital historical document, but recent scholarship also recognizes its importance for the development of Greek historiography. As part of this new interest, this collection of articles by leading and emerging scholars addresses important new questions about Herodian’s work and cultural context. These include literary studies of his generic identity, his relationship to earlier and later authors and his techniques of creating time and space; applications of communication and memory theory to his narrative; exploration of his cultural attitudes to the heritage of Greek paideia; his cultural identity and evocation of iconic figures from the past; and his political ideology and conception of the Empire’s functioning and dysfunction. Herodian emerges as a revealing witness of his own times, but also a talented literary artist and a perceptive analyst of the political upheavals through which he lived. These studies will be valuable to all scholars interested in the literary and cultural aspects of Rome’s transition from the High Empire to Late Antiquity.  

 

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111706740

eBook ISBN: 9783111706740

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111706658

Keywords for this book

Classical antiquity; histiography; literature; Roman Empire

Audience(s) for this book

Classics scholars, classical philologists, literary scholars, historians

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Editors’ Preface Open Access

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Contents Open Access

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Introduction Mario Baumann, Adam M. Kemezis and Maria-Eirini Zacharioudaki Open Access

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I Herodian’s Narrative: Sources, Genre and Readers
Tra storia e propaganda: Erodiano, Pertinace e Settimio Severo Alessandro Galimberti Open Access

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Mélange et variété des genres chez Hérodien : le cas de Julianus Karine Laporte Open Access

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Herodian as Real and Fictional Source for the Historia Augusta Adam M. Kemezis Open Access

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II Communities and Communication in Herodian
Vain Ambition, Futile Imitation: The Pattern of Failing ‘Philosophers’ in Herodian’s Narrative Mario Baumann and Maria-Eirini Zacharioudaki Open Access

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Memory and Emulation in Herodian’s Roman History after Marcus Andrew G. Scott Open Access

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News and Messages in Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou Open Access

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III Time and Space in Herodian’s Text
Zwischen pragmatischer Geschichtsschreibung und Biographie: Herodian und ein neues Zeitmaß Laura Mecella Open Access

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The Concept of Kairos in Herodian’s Ab Excessu Divi Marci Panagiotis Androulakis Open Access

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The Spatial Dimension of Politics in Herodian’s Historia Konstantin V. Markov Open Access

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IV Greek Tradition in Herodian
Herodian’s History and the Distant Past Sulochana R. Asirvatham Open Access

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Herodian’s Roman Empire: “An Alien Monarchy”? Alexander V. Makhlaiuk Open Access

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Longing for a Good Ruler: pothos and Echoes of Alexander the Great in Herodian Christopher Baron Open Access

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Herodian on Stasis Luke Pitcher Open Access

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