Rex Stem
Biographic Data
| ID | 1428808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rex Stem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rex |
| FAMILY NAME | Stem |
| SIGNATURE | STEM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Idealizing a Life of Friendship
This paper argues that Cornelius Nepos when composing his Life of Atticus incorporated principles articulated in Cicero's De Amicitia yet broadened them to fit his presentation of Atticus as an ideal friend. The connections between Nepos, Atticus, and Cicero are reviewed, and the correspondences between the two texts are collected and contextualized. Cicero's elevation of true friendship over transactional friendship provides Nepos the rhetorical…
Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome by Rebecca Langlands
Reviewed by: Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome by Rebecca Langlands Rex Stem Rebecca Langlands. Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xi, 368. $99.99. ISBN 978-1-107-04060-1. How does exemplarity work? It is easy enough to recognize an exemplum when we see one referred to in Latin literature (e.g., the story of Mucius Scaevola burning off his hand, which is the exemplary exemplum in this book), but what…
Irony and the Text of Caesar, Bellvm Gallicvm 5.31.5
The sentence that comprises 5.31.5 in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum has long been felt to be problematic. It was deleted entirely by H. Meusel. A. Klotz posited a lacuna after quare . Others sought smaller adjustments. Yet, the defence of the text as transmitted also drew advocates (T. Rice Holmes, A. Ernout, O. Seel) and the debate quietened. The current Teubner edition, by W. Hering in 1987, prints the transmitted text and does not acknowledge the d…
Varro, Marcus Terentius
The writings of the polymath Marcus Terentius Varro, whose long life (116–27 BCE ) spanned most of the final century of the Roman Republic, fundamentally organized the Romans’ understanding of the origins and development of their cultural habits and traditions.
Res gestae of Augustus
Augustus' Res Gestae presents the emperor's own account of his achievements, written in the first person and designed to be inscribed after his death on two bronze pillars adjacent to his mausoleum in Rome (Suet. Aug . 101.4; Cass. Dio 56.33.1).
Shared Virtues and the Limits of Relativism in Nepos' Epaminondas And Atticus
Shared Virtues and the Limits of Relativism in Nepos' Epaminondas And Atticus
Seeking the common ground that makes it possible for readers to learn from the comparative structure of Nepos' On Famous Men, this article examines Nepos' presentation of two markedly different figures, the Theban general Epaminondas and the Roman historian Atticus. Despite their differences in content and setting, these biographies endorse a similar set of moral and intellectual virtues that are presented as seemingly normative and not culturall…
The Exemplary Lessons of Livy's Romulus
Pursuing Livy's explicit statement on the exemplary value of history in pref. 10, this essay examines how Livy projects exemplary lessons through his characterization of Romulus. I argue that Livy has shaped his narrative to present Romulus as an exemplary figure worthy of imitation because he always successfully acted for the good of Rome. Acts that might seem morally questionable (such as the abduction of his neighbors' daughters) are to be und…
Cicero as Orator and Philosopher
This essay seeks to demonstrate that the different generic parts of Cicero's corpus are but different sides of the mind of the same man, and, thus, that all parts of the corpus—including the forensic speeches, once they have been corroborated by other passages in his corpus—should be regarded as valuable evidence for understanding Ciceronian political thought. A comparison of Cicero's Peripatetic criticism of the Younger Cato's Stoicism in the Pr…
The Thirty at Athens in the Summer of 404
Cicero as Orator and Philosopher
This essay seeks to demonstrate that the different generic parts of Cicero's corpus are but different sides of the mind of the same man, and, thus, that all parts of the corpus—including the forensic speeches, once they have been corroborated by other passages in his corpus—should be regarded as valuable evidence for understanding Ciceronian political thought. A comparison of Cicero's Peripatetic criticism of the Younger Cato's Stoicism in the Pr…
Shared Virtues and the Limits of Relativism in Nepos' Epaminondas And Atticus
Seeking the common ground that makes it possible for readers to learn from the comparative structure of Nepos' On Famous Men, this article examines Nepos' presentation of two markedly different figures, the Theban general Epaminondas and the Roman historian Atticus. Despite their differences in content and setting, these biographies endorse a similar set of moral and intellectual virtues that are presented as seemingly normative and not culturall…
The Thirty at Athens in the Summer of 404
Cicero as Orator and Philosopher
This essay seeks to demonstrate that the different generic parts of Cicero's corpus are but different sides of the mind of the same man, and, thus, that all parts of the corpus—including the forensic speeches, once they have been corroborated by other passages in his corpus—should be regarded as valuable evidence for understanding Ciceronian political thought. A comparison of Cicero's Peripatetic criticism of the Younger Cato's Stoicism in the Pr…
The Exemplary Lessons of Livy's Romulus
Pursuing Livy's explicit statement on the exemplary value of history in pref. 10, this essay examines how Livy projects exemplary lessons through his characterization of Romulus. I argue that Livy has shaped his narrative to present Romulus as an exemplary figure worthy of imitation because he always successfully acted for the good of Rome. Acts that might seem morally questionable (such as the abduction of his neighbors' daughters) are to be und…
Shared Virtues and the Limits of Relativism in Nepos' Epaminondas And Atticus
Seeking the common ground that makes it possible for readers to learn from the comparative structure of Nepos' On Famous Men, this article examines Nepos' presentation of two markedly different figures, the Theban general Epaminondas and the Roman historian Atticus. Despite their differences in content and setting, these biographies endorse a similar set of moral and intellectual virtues that are presented as seemingly normative and not culturall…
Shared Virtues and the Limits of Relativism in Nepos' Epaminondas And Atticus
Varro, Marcus Terentius
The writings of the polymath Marcus Terentius Varro, whose long life (116–27 BCE ) spanned most of the final century of the Roman Republic, fundamentally organized the Romans’ understanding of the origins and development of their cultural habits and traditions.
Res gestae of Augustus
Augustus' Res Gestae presents the emperor's own account of his achievements, written in the first person and designed to be inscribed after his death on two bronze pillars adjacent to his mausoleum in Rome (Suet. Aug . 101.4; Cass. Dio 56.33.1).
Irony and the Text of Caesar, Bellvm Gallicvm 5.31.5
The sentence that comprises 5.31.5 in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum has long been felt to be problematic. It was deleted entirely by H. Meusel. A. Klotz posited a lacuna after quare . Others sought smaller adjustments. Yet, the defence of the text as transmitted also drew advocates (T. Rice Holmes, A. Ernout, O. Seel) and the debate quietened. The current Teubner edition, by W. Hering in 1987, prints the transmitted text and does not acknowledge the d…
Idealizing a Life of Friendship
This paper argues that Cornelius Nepos when composing his Life of Atticus incorporated principles articulated in Cicero's De Amicitia yet broadened them to fit his presentation of Atticus as an ideal friend. The connections between Nepos, Atticus, and Cicero are reviewed, and the correspondences between the two texts are collected and contextualized. Cicero's elevation of true friendship over transactional friendship provides Nepos the rhetorical…
Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome by Rebecca Langlands
Reviewed by: Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome by Rebecca Langlands Rex Stem Rebecca Langlands. Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xi, 368. $99.99. ISBN 978-1-107-04060-1. How does exemplarity work? It is easy enough to recognize an exemplum when we see one referred to in Latin literature (e.g., the story of Mucius Scaevola burning off his hand, which is the exemplary exemplum in this book), but what…
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