Valorizing the Barbarians [electronic resource] : enemy speeches in Roman historiography / Eric Adler.
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TextSeries: Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culturePublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 269 pSubject(s): - Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, ca. 132-63 B.C
- Hannibal, 247-182 B.C
- Boadicea, Queen, d. 62
- Imperialism -- Historiography
- Enemies -- Rome -- Provinces -- Historiography
- Roman provinces -- Historiography
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- History and criticism
- Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Historiography
- Rome -- Foreign public opinion
- Rome -- Intellectual life
- 937/.03072 22
- DG271 .A35 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-263) and index.
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.
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