M Gwyn Morgan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3597294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Gwyn Morgan |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Gwyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Morgan |
| SIGNATURE | MORGAN M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Own Your Walls: Portraiture and Researcher Reflexive Collage Self-Portraits
As part of an advanced doctoral research course, class members participated in an in-depth exploration of the methodology portraiture. In this article, the authors—course instructor and 10 students—represent themselves as researchers through collage portraits and written reflexive responses. A brief review of portraiture, collage in research, and researcher reflexivity, along with descriptions of relevant course experiences are presented. Images …
A.d: The Year of Four Emperors
The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying the city of Rome, and of ambitious men who seized power only to lose it, one after another. In 69 AD, Gwyn Morgan offers a fresh look at this period, based on two considerations to which insufficie…
Recriminations after Ad Castores: Tacitus, Histories 2.30
Vespasian and the Omens in Tacitus "Histories" 2.78
D ISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS OMENS that Tacitus records in the Histories has tended to concentrate on their religious aspect and what that tells us, or fails to tell us, about the historian's personal beliefs. My purpose is, first, to assess the literary and-to a lesser extent-the historical criteria behind Tacitus' selection of the portents he records in Histories 2.78; and second, to argue that, unless we take the measure of the design which shap…
Paralipomena Euripidea
A lugubrious prospect: Tacitus, Histories 1.40
Histories 1.40 is designed to set the scene for Galba's assassination. It begins by bringing the emperor into the crowded Forum, but then it switches to Otho and his followers, dwelling on the horror, not of the act they plan (that is reserved for chapter 41), but of their readiness to commit it. The text is not problematical, but since the point behind the first two sentences is not entirely clear, this has prompted occasional emendation, repeat…
Commissura In Tacitus, Histories 1
It is not enough, says Quintilian (7.10.16), to assemble the various parts of a speech. The orator must arrange his points in the natural and logical order for his purposes, and he must unify the different sections so skilfully that no join will show (‘ne commissura perluceat’), producing a single body instead of assorted limbs. If we define as commissura (or transitus) the rhetorical device which welds together different themes or chapters with …
The Smell of Victory: Vitellius at Bedriacum (Tac. Hist. 2.70)
Politics, Religion and the Games in Rome, 200-150 B.C
"Catullus and the "Annales Volusi
Die Entstehung der romischen Militardiktatur: Krise und Niedergang einer antiken Republik
Philologus Band 122, Heft 1
The Introduction of the Aqua Marcia Into Rome, 144—140B.C
Marcus Antonius, Triumvir und Herrscher des Orients
Once Again Caligula's Illness
Senatorial Wealth and Roman Politics
Nescio Quid Febriculosi Scorti A Note on Catullus 6
Catullus 6 is a short poem addressed to a certain Flavius, otherwise unknown. Flavius, so we are told, refuses to say anything about his girlfriend, and the poet can explain this only by assuming that he has taken up with a mistress who is singularly unrefined (lines 1–5). It is certainly clear that Flavius is not spending his nights alone; the state of his bedroom proves that much (lines 6–11). But, says Catullus, there is no reason for Flavius …
CAQ Volume 27 issue 2 Cover and Fornt matter
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Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic
Three Non-Roman Blood Sports
There is more than enough evidence to show that cock-fighting, quail-fighting, and even partridge-fighting were favourite sports among the Greeks (young and old alike), no matter what part of the mediterranean world they inhabited. Whether Romans ever shared these passions is another question altogether. When Saglio contributed his article on cock-fighting to the Dictionnaire des antiquitis grecques et romaines , he limited himself to the transpo…
Suetonius and Swimming: A Note on Div. Aug. 64. 3
Priests and Physical Fitness
In his magisterial Religion und Kultus der Römer Georg Wissowa made the statement that a Roman man or woman seeking a priesthood had, among other things, to be free of physical defects. This has since become the communis opinio , sometimes in the form in which Wissowa expressed it, sometimes involving rather the idea that a priest or priestess could be deposed for such defects acquired after entry into the priesthood, and sometimes embracing both…
Caligula's Illness Again
"Metellus Pontifex" and Ops Opifera: A Note on Pliny "Naturalis Historia" 11.174
INA DISQUISITION on the shapes and uses of the tongue in various animals the Elder Pliny includes a single human exemplum. A certain pontifex, he declares, was allegedly so tongue-tied that he was supposed to have suffered many months of anguish while he practised the formula to be spoken at the dedication of a temple to Ops Opifera: Metellum pontificem adeo inexplanatae [sc. linguae] fuisse accipimus ut multis mensibus tortus credatur dum medita…
"Catullus and the "Annales Volusi
Politics, Religion and the Games in Rome, 200-150 B.C
The Smell of Victory: Vitellius at Bedriacum (Tac. Hist. 2.70)
Priests and Physical Fitness
In his magisterial Religion und Kultus der Römer Georg Wissowa made the statement that a Roman man or woman seeking a priesthood had, among other things, to be free of physical defects. This has since become the communis opinio , sometimes in the form in which Wissowa expressed it, sometimes involving rather the idea that a priest or priestess could be deposed for such defects acquired after entry into the priesthood, and sometimes embracing both…
Three Non-Roman Blood Sports
There is more than enough evidence to show that cock-fighting, quail-fighting, and even partridge-fighting were favourite sports among the Greeks (young and old alike), no matter what part of the mediterranean world they inhabited. Whether Romans ever shared these passions is another question altogether. When Saglio contributed his article on cock-fighting to the Dictionnaire des antiquitis grecques et romaines , he limited himself to the transpo…
"Metellus Pontifex" and Ops Opifera: A Note on Pliny "Naturalis Historia" 11.174
INA DISQUISITION on the shapes and uses of the tongue in various animals the Elder Pliny includes a single human exemplum. A certain pontifex, he declares, was allegedly so tongue-tied that he was supposed to have suffered many months of anguish while he practised the formula to be spoken at the dedication of a temple to Ops Opifera: Metellum pontificem adeo inexplanatae [sc. linguae] fuisse accipimus ut multis mensibus tortus credatur dum medita…
The Defeat of L. Metellus Denter at Arretium
The consuls of 284, according to the Fasti Capitolini, were L. Caecilius Metellus Denter and C. Servilius Tucca. Of Tucca we know nothing else at all, and if the literary sources also tell us that Metellus Denter was defeated and killed by Gauls at Arretium, the date of this setback and Metellus' status at the time have long been matter for dispute. The surviving accounts of Rome's campaigns against the Gauls in this period fall into three catego…
A.d: The Year of Four Emperors
The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying the city of Rome, and of ambitious men who seized power only to lose it, one after another. In 69 AD, Gwyn Morgan offers a fresh look at this period, based on two considerations to which insufficie…
Vespasian and the Omens in Tacitus "Histories" 2.78
D ISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS OMENS that Tacitus records in the Histories has tended to concentrate on their religious aspect and what that tells us, or fails to tell us, about the historian's personal beliefs. My purpose is, first, to assess the literary and-to a lesser extent-the historical criteria behind Tacitus' selection of the portents he records in Histories 2.78; and second, to argue that, unless we take the measure of the design which shap…
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic
The Roman Conquest of the Balearic Isles
Research Article| January 01 1969 The Roman Conquest of the Balearic Isles M. Gwyn Morgan M. Gwyn Morgan Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California Studies in Classical Antiquity (1969) 2: 217–231. https://doi.org/10.2307/25010590 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite S…
Recriminations after Ad Castores: Tacitus, Histories 2.30
The Roman Conquest of the Balearic Isles
Research Article| January 01 1969 The Roman Conquest of the Balearic Isles M. Gwyn Morgan M. Gwyn Morgan Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California Studies in Classical Antiquity (1969) 2: 217–231. https://doi.org/10.2307/25010590 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite S…
Polybius and the Date of the Battle of Panormus
The battle of Panormus, in which L. Caecilius Metellus ( cos. 251) decisively defeated the Carthaginian general Hasdrubal, was one of the major victories of the First Punic War. The year in which it took place, however, has long been matter for dispute, reasons being found for placing it in 251 or 250. There is now, it is true, a general preference for 250, so that there may seem to be little need to traverse this ground yet again. But there is a…
The Defeat of L. Metellus Denter at Arretium
The consuls of 284, according to the Fasti Capitolini, were L. Caecilius Metellus Denter and C. Servilius Tucca. Of Tucca we know nothing else at all, and if the literary sources also tell us that Metellus Denter was defeated and killed by Gauls at Arretium, the date of this setback and Metellus' status at the time have long been matter for dispute. The surviving accounts of Rome's campaigns against the Gauls in this period fall into three catego…
Caligula's Illness Again
"Metellus Pontifex" and Ops Opifera: A Note on Pliny "Naturalis Historia" 11.174
INA DISQUISITION on the shapes and uses of the tongue in various animals the Elder Pliny includes a single human exemplum. A certain pontifex, he declares, was allegedly so tongue-tied that he was supposed to have suffered many months of anguish while he practised the formula to be spoken at the dedication of a temple to Ops Opifera: Metellum pontificem adeo inexplanatae [sc. linguae] fuisse accipimus ut multis mensibus tortus credatur dum medita…
Suetonius and Swimming: A Note on Div. Aug. 64. 3
Priests and Physical Fitness
In his magisterial Religion und Kultus der Römer Georg Wissowa made the statement that a Roman man or woman seeking a priesthood had, among other things, to be free of physical defects. This has since become the communis opinio , sometimes in the form in which Wissowa expressed it, sometimes involving rather the idea that a priest or priestess could be deposed for such defects acquired after entry into the priesthood, and sometimes embracing both…
Three Non-Roman Blood Sports
There is more than enough evidence to show that cock-fighting, quail-fighting, and even partridge-fighting were favourite sports among the Greeks (young and old alike), no matter what part of the mediterranean world they inhabited. Whether Romans ever shared these passions is another question altogether. When Saglio contributed his article on cock-fighting to the Dictionnaire des antiquitis grecques et romaines , he limited himself to the transpo…
Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic
Once Again Caligula's Illness
Senatorial Wealth and Roman Politics
Nescio Quid Febriculosi Scorti A Note on Catullus 6
Catullus 6 is a short poem addressed to a certain Flavius, otherwise unknown. Flavius, so we are told, refuses to say anything about his girlfriend, and the poet can explain this only by assuming that he has taken up with a mistress who is singularly unrefined (lines 1–5). It is certainly clear that Flavius is not spending his nights alone; the state of his bedroom proves that much (lines 6–11). But, says Catullus, there is no reason for Flavius …
CAQ Volume 27 issue 2 Cover and Fornt matter
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Philologus Band 122, Heft 1
The Introduction of the Aqua Marcia Into Rome, 144—140B.C
Marcus Antonius, Triumvir und Herrscher des Orients
Die Entstehung der romischen Militardiktatur: Krise und Niedergang einer antiken Republik
"Catullus and the "Annales Volusi
Politics, Religion and the Games in Rome, 200-150 B.C
The Smell of Victory: Vitellius at Bedriacum (Tac. Hist. 2.70)
Commissura In Tacitus, Histories 1
It is not enough, says Quintilian (7.10.16), to assemble the various parts of a speech. The orator must arrange his points in the natural and logical order for his purposes, and he must unify the different sections so skilfully that no join will show (‘ne commissura perluceat’), producing a single body instead of assorted limbs. If we define as commissura (or transitus) the rhetorical device which welds together different themes or chapters with …
A lugubrious prospect: Tacitus, Histories 1.40
Histories 1.40 is designed to set the scene for Galba's assassination. It begins by bringing the emperor into the crowded Forum, but then it switches to Otho and his followers, dwelling on the horror, not of the act they plan (that is reserved for chapter 41), but of their readiness to commit it. The text is not problematical, but since the point behind the first two sentences is not entirely clear, this has prompted occasional emendation, repeat…
Paralipomena Euripidea
Recriminations after Ad Castores: Tacitus, Histories 2.30
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