Valorizing the Barbarians enemy speeches in Roman historiography / Eric Adler.
| Author/creator | Adler, Eric, 1973- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, |
| Description | x, 269 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books 2011 History Collection Supplement |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books History 2011 Subject Collection |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture. ^A1107900 |
| Contents | Pt. 1. Mithridates and the East -- "A deep-seated lust for empire and riches" : Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis -- "Their whole population has the spirit of wolves" : Pompeius Trogus' speech of Mithridates -- pt. 2. Hannibal and Carthage -- "He considered it to be in no way worthy to contemplate the hope of living defeated" : Polybius' speeches of Hannibal -- "Nothing at all has been left to us, except that which we defend with arms" : Livy's Hannibal -- pt. 3. Boudica and Britain -- "Men might live and be slaves" : Tacitus' speech of Boudica -- "Slaves to a bad lyre-player" : Cassius Dio's speech of Boudica -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Texts and translations of the speeches examined at length. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-263) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011003847 |
| ISBN | 9780292726284 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0292726287 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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