Alain M Gowing
Biographic Data
| ID | 1421697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alain M Gowing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alain M |
| FAMILY NAME | Gowing |
| SIGNATURE | GOWING A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cassius Dio and the City of Rome
The presence of the physical city of Rome in Livy and Tacitus in particular has been discussed in the scholarship (e.g., Jaeger 1997, Ash 2007, Rouveret 1991), but despite the fact that he references the monuments and buildings of Rome more frequently than his Latin predecessors, Dio’s interest in the city has not received similar attention. This paper argues that an appreciation of Dio’s perspective on Rome, and of how the city works itself into…
Memory as Motive in Tacitus
This chapter examines the way the imperial historian Tacitus (c.ad 56–after 117) adduces memory as motive in his historical works, the Annals and the Histories. Building on the connection in Roman thought between history and memory, Gowing considers the many instances where Tacitus accounts for actions as a consequence of remembering, marked through memoria or its cognates and allied terms. While his predecessors Sallust and Livy also posit memor…
Tully's boat
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Afterword
Characteristic of the domus Augusta (Imperial) and the Forum Romanum (Republican). He argues that this dialogue is finally “resolved” by narrator’s alignment of his voice with that of Fama. Implicit in this argument is that Ovid sees the Principate as discontinuous as a continuation of introduction of a new discursive system.
“Caesar grabs my pen”
This chapter examines references to the civil wars of the last century of the Republic—in particular the conflicts between Caesar and Pompey and later among the triumvirs—in the two major extant historical sources from the Tiberian period, the History of Velleius Paterculus and the Memorable Deeds and Sayings of Valerius Maximus, arguing that these authors use the civil war legacy to define their emperor's imperial virtue and that both works comp…
From the annalists to the Annales
What, one wonders, was in the history section of Tacitus' library? At the core of the Greek section, we may safely assume, would reside Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, with Polybius close by. Interestingly enough, however, in his extant writings Tacitus finds no occasion to mention any of these authors (Xenophon is mentioned once, as a philosopher, at D . 31.6); and his debt to the Greek historiographical tradition has never been fully explor…
The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus
Tacitus is universally recognised as ancient Rome's greatest writer of history, and his account of the Roman Empire in the first century AD has been fundamental in shaping the modern perception of Rome and its emperors. This Companion provides a new, up-to-date and authoritative assessment of his work and influence which will be invaluable for students and non-specialists as well as of interest to established scholars in the field. First situatin…
The Roman exempla tradition in imperial Greek historiography
Despite a now substantial and ever-growing body of scholarly work on the imperial Greek historians, they remain the poor second cousins of their extant Latin counterparts. The simple fact is that Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus strike most as a better read than, for example, Appian or Cassius Dio, at least for those interested in history qua literature. In this regard Plutarch is perhaps the one worthy rival of the Latin historians, but he is not real…
The Imperial Republic of Velleius Paterculus
Judged to be historically superficial, marred by an overbearing urge to please the emperor Tiberius, and a vehicle for imperial propaganda, Velleius' work has been given generally short shrift in or omitted from most discussions of Roman historical writing. This disdain, unfortunately reflected in the paucity of English translations of Velleius, has certainly been tempered in light of reevaluations of his work. Tony Woodman's magisterial commenta…
Empire and Memory
The memory of the Roman Republic exercised a powerful influence on several generations of Romans who lived under its political and cultural successor, the Principate or Empire. Empire and Memory explores how (and why) that memory manifested itself over the course of the early Principate. Making use of the close relationship between memoria and historia in Roman thought and drawing on modern studies of historical memory, this book offers case-stud…
Sextus Pompeius
Pirates, Witches and Slaves
Rebellion and Reconstruction
Cassius Dio on the Reign of Nero
Cassius Dio on the Reign of Nero was published in Band 34/3. Teilband Sprache und Literatur. Einzelne Autoren seit der hadrianischen Zeit und Allgemeines zur Literatur des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts (Forts.) on page 2558
The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio
The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio
Dio's Name
Appian and Cassius' Speech before Philippi ("Bella Civilia" 4.90-100)
Dio's Name
Appian and Cassius' Speech before Philippi ("Bella Civilia" 4.90-100)
The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio
The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio on the Reign of Nero
Cassius Dio on the Reign of Nero was published in Band 34/3. Teilband Sprache und Literatur. Einzelne Autoren seit der hadrianischen Zeit und Allgemeines zur Literatur des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts (Forts.) on page 2558
Rebellion and Reconstruction
Sextus Pompeius
Pirates, Witches and Slaves
Empire and Memory
The memory of the Roman Republic exercised a powerful influence on several generations of Romans who lived under its political and cultural successor, the Principate or Empire. Empire and Memory explores how (and why) that memory manifested itself over the course of the early Principate. Making use of the close relationship between memoria and historia in Roman thought and drawing on modern studies of historical memory, this book offers case-stud…
The Imperial Republic of Velleius Paterculus
Judged to be historically superficial, marred by an overbearing urge to please the emperor Tiberius, and a vehicle for imperial propaganda, Velleius' work has been given generally short shrift in or omitted from most discussions of Roman historical writing. This disdain, unfortunately reflected in the paucity of English translations of Velleius, has certainly been tempered in light of reevaluations of his work. Tony Woodman's magisterial commenta…
The Roman exempla tradition in imperial Greek historiography
Despite a now substantial and ever-growing body of scholarly work on the imperial Greek historians, they remain the poor second cousins of their extant Latin counterparts. The simple fact is that Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus strike most as a better read than, for example, Appian or Cassius Dio, at least for those interested in history qua literature. In this regard Plutarch is perhaps the one worthy rival of the Latin historians, but he is not real…
“Caesar grabs my pen”
This chapter examines references to the civil wars of the last century of the Republic—in particular the conflicts between Caesar and Pompey and later among the triumvirs—in the two major extant historical sources from the Tiberian period, the History of Velleius Paterculus and the Memorable Deeds and Sayings of Valerius Maximus, arguing that these authors use the civil war legacy to define their emperor's imperial virtue and that both works comp…
From the annalists to the Annales
What, one wonders, was in the history section of Tacitus' library? At the core of the Greek section, we may safely assume, would reside Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, with Polybius close by. Interestingly enough, however, in his extant writings Tacitus finds no occasion to mention any of these authors (Xenophon is mentioned once, as a philosopher, at D . 31.6); and his debt to the Greek historiographical tradition has never been fully explor…
The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus
Tacitus is universally recognised as ancient Rome's greatest writer of history, and his account of the Roman Empire in the first century AD has been fundamental in shaping the modern perception of Rome and its emperors. This Companion provides a new, up-to-date and authoritative assessment of his work and influence which will be invaluable for students and non-specialists as well as of interest to established scholars in the field. First situatin…
Tully's boat
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Afterword
Characteristic of the domus Augusta (Imperial) and the Forum Romanum (Republican). He argues that this dialogue is finally “resolved” by narrator’s alignment of his voice with that of Fama. Implicit in this argument is that Ovid sees the Principate as discontinuous as a continuation of introduction of a new discursive system.
Memory as Motive in Tacitus
This chapter examines the way the imperial historian Tacitus (c.ad 56–after 117) adduces memory as motive in his historical works, the Annals and the Histories. Building on the connection in Roman thought between history and memory, Gowing considers the many instances where Tacitus accounts for actions as a consequence of remembering, marked through memoria or its cognates and allied terms. While his predecessors Sallust and Livy also posit memor…
Cassius Dio and the City of Rome
The presence of the physical city of Rome in Livy and Tacitus in particular has been discussed in the scholarship (e.g., Jaeger 1997, Ash 2007, Rouveret 1991), but despite the fact that he references the monuments and buildings of Rome more frequently than his Latin predecessors, Dio’s interest in the city has not received similar attention. This paper argues that an appreciation of Dio’s perspective on Rome, and of how the city works itself into…
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