A R Birley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5364770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A R Birley |
| GIVEN NAMES | A R |
| FAMILY NAME | Birley |
| SIGNATURE | BIRLEY A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Agricola
The Agricola 's first words, echoing the opening of Cato the Elder's Origines (fr. 2P = 2C), are as follows: 'to record for posterity famous men's deeds and characters is an ancient practice not abandoned even in our times' (1.1). There used to be no criticism, even of those who wrote their own Life ; 'but now, about to relate a dead man's life, I have needed indulgence, which I should not have sought if planning an invective, so savage and hosti…
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 Historia Augusta and Pagan Historiography
Maximus' writings are known only from the Historia Augusta (HA): biographies of emperors, their heirs, and usurpers from Hadrian to the sons of Carus. The HA quotes Maximus' vitae of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Pertinax, Severus, and Elagabalus. In the last decades of the fourth century there were two further-more substantial-pagan Latin historians: Virius Nicomachus Flavianus and Ammianus. Flavianus dedicated his …
Hadrian's Travels
Hadrian's predecessors travelled outside Italy mostly for military reasons. Thus Augustus, in Spain 27-24 BC, in the east 22-19 BC, in Gaul and Spain 16-13 BC and again in Gaul 11-10 and 8 BC, even if after the first journey his participation in the campaigns was indirect. Caligula's brief visit to Sicily in AD 38 was an exception, but his journey to Germany and the Channel coast in 39-40 was certainly military in purpose, as was Claudius' Britis…
The Commissioning of Equestrian Officers
Hadrian to the Antonines
Hadrian's position as emperor was apparently far from secure. Hadrian is said to have played a personal role in the temple's design, one of many examples of his vaunted omniscience. Only Antoninus Pius' insistence that failure to deify would involve the annulling of Hadrian's acts, including his own adoption, enabled him to overcome. In 143 or 144 the young orator from Hadriani in Mysia, Aelius Aristides, delivered at Rome his famous speech in pr…
The Cambridge Ancient History
Volume XI of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History covers the history of the Roman empire in the period from AD 70 to 192, from Vespasian to the Antonines. The volume begins with the political and military history of the period. Developments in the structure of the empire are then examined, including the organisation and personnel of the central government and province-based institutions and practices. A series of provincial studies…
Two unidentified senators in Josephus, A.J 19
Names of Romans in Josephus are notoriously liable to corruption. Two minor characters in his account of the assassination of Caligula have so far defied plausible emendation, ‘Timidius’ in A.J. 19.33–4 and ‘Bathybius’ in 19.91. The sources of Josephus’ account of this dramatic episode were unquestionably high class—two, rather than one, Latin historians, as Wiseman has demonstrated, the main one (rather than the only one) being Cluvius Rufus, th…
Names at Lepcis Magna
This article analyses the occurrence of apparently Roman names at Lepcis Magna and seeks to identify the processes of cultural assimilation taking place between the Libyphoenician population and Rome. Three main categories of change in naming practice (proposed by Herzog in the 1890s) may be recognised and suggest a number of possible explanations, other than Italian settlers, for the appearance of particular names at Lepcis. First, Roman names m…
Some Notes on the Donatist Schism
Recent work on the highly significant Donatist religious schism in late Roman Africa is reviewed, supported by an Appendix tabulating a draft chronology of Donatism. Particular attention is paid to the controversy surrounding the date and origins of the schism. The ‘revolutionary fringe’ of the Donatist movement, the Circumcellions, is also discussed, with specific reference to arguments concerning the social status of this group. A third section…
The third century crisis in the Roman Empire
Petillius Cerialis and the Conquest of Brigantia
At a time when the conjectured 1900th anniversary of the founding of York has recently been celebrated, and a medal has even been struck commemorating the founder, Petillius Cerialis, it may be appropriate to take a closer look at this man, certainly one of the most interesting persons to figure in the pages of Tacitus. He is best known to students of Roman Britain from the brief lines in the Agricola:But when, together with the rest of the world…
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access A. R. BIRLEY A. R. BIRLEY University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXVII, Issue CCCXLIV, July 1972, Pages 602-a–602, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXVII.CCCXLIV.602-a Published: 01 July 1972
Excavation of the Roman Fortress at Carpow, Perthshire, 1961-2
Petillius Cerialis and the Conquest of Brigantia
At a time when the conjectured 1900th anniversary of the founding of York has recently been celebrated, and a medal has even been struck commemorating the founder, Petillius Cerialis, it may be appropriate to take a closer look at this man, certainly one of the most interesting persons to figure in the pages of Tacitus. He is best known to students of Roman Britain from the brief lines in the Agricola:But when, together with the rest of the world…
The third century crisis in the Roman Empire
Names at Lepcis Magna
This article analyses the occurrence of apparently Roman names at Lepcis Magna and seeks to identify the processes of cultural assimilation taking place between the Libyphoenician population and Rome. Three main categories of change in naming practice (proposed by Herzog in the 1890s) may be recognised and suggest a number of possible explanations, other than Italian settlers, for the appearance of particular names at Lepcis. First, Roman names m…
Two unidentified senators in Josephus, A.J 19
Names of Romans in Josephus are notoriously liable to corruption. Two minor characters in his account of the assassination of Caligula have so far defied plausible emendation, ‘Timidius’ in A.J. 19.33–4 and ‘Bathybius’ in 19.91. The sources of Josephus’ account of this dramatic episode were unquestionably high class—two, rather than one, Latin historians, as Wiseman has demonstrated, the main one (rather than the only one) being Cluvius Rufus, th…
Excavation of the Roman Fortress at Carpow, Perthshire, 1961-2
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access A. R. BIRLEY A. R. BIRLEY University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXVII, Issue CCCXLIV, July 1972, Pages 602-a–602, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXVII.CCCXLIV.602-a Published: 01 July 1972
Petillius Cerialis and the Conquest of Brigantia
At a time when the conjectured 1900th anniversary of the founding of York has recently been celebrated, and a medal has even been struck commemorating the founder, Petillius Cerialis, it may be appropriate to take a closer look at this man, certainly one of the most interesting persons to figure in the pages of Tacitus. He is best known to students of Roman Britain from the brief lines in the Agricola:But when, together with the rest of the world…
The third century crisis in the Roman Empire
Some Notes on the Donatist Schism
Recent work on the highly significant Donatist religious schism in late Roman Africa is reviewed, supported by an Appendix tabulating a draft chronology of Donatism. Particular attention is paid to the controversy surrounding the date and origins of the schism. The ‘revolutionary fringe’ of the Donatist movement, the Circumcellions, is also discussed, with specific reference to arguments concerning the social status of this group. A third section…
Names at Lepcis Magna
This article analyses the occurrence of apparently Roman names at Lepcis Magna and seeks to identify the processes of cultural assimilation taking place between the Libyphoenician population and Rome. Three main categories of change in naming practice (proposed by Herzog in the 1890s) may be recognised and suggest a number of possible explanations, other than Italian settlers, for the appearance of particular names at Lepcis. First, Roman names m…
Hadrian to the Antonines
Hadrian's position as emperor was apparently far from secure. Hadrian is said to have played a personal role in the temple's design, one of many examples of his vaunted omniscience. Only Antoninus Pius' insistence that failure to deify would involve the annulling of Hadrian's acts, including his own adoption, enabled him to overcome. In 143 or 144 the young orator from Hadriani in Mysia, Aelius Aristides, delivered at Rome his famous speech in pr…
The Cambridge Ancient History
Volume XI of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History covers the history of the Roman empire in the period from AD 70 to 192, from Vespasian to the Antonines. The volume begins with the political and military history of the period. Developments in the structure of the empire are then examined, including the organisation and personnel of the central government and province-based institutions and practices. A series of provincial studies…
Two unidentified senators in Josephus, A.J 19
Names of Romans in Josephus are notoriously liable to corruption. Two minor characters in his account of the assassination of Caligula have so far defied plausible emendation, ‘Timidius’ in A.J. 19.33–4 and ‘Bathybius’ in 19.91. The sources of Josephus’ account of this dramatic episode were unquestionably high class—two, rather than one, Latin historians, as Wiseman has demonstrated, the main one (rather than the only one) being Cluvius Rufus, th…
The Historia Augusta and Pagan Historiography
Maximus' writings are known only from the Historia Augusta (HA): biographies of emperors, their heirs, and usurpers from Hadrian to the sons of Carus. The HA quotes Maximus' vitae of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Pertinax, Severus, and Elagabalus. In the last decades of the fourth century there were two further-more substantial-pagan Latin historians: Virius Nicomachus Flavianus and Ammianus. Flavianus dedicated his …
Hadrian's Travels
Hadrian's predecessors travelled outside Italy mostly for military reasons. Thus Augustus, in Spain 27-24 BC, in the east 22-19 BC, in Gaul and Spain 16-13 BC and again in Gaul 11-10 and 8 BC, even if after the first journey his participation in the campaigns was indirect. Caligula's brief visit to Sicily in AD 38 was an exception, but his journey to Germany and the Channel coast in 39-40 was certainly military in purpose, as was Claudius' Britis…
The Commissioning of Equestrian Officers
The Agricola
The Agricola 's first words, echoing the opening of Cato the Elder's Origines (fr. 2P = 2C), are as follows: 'to record for posterity famous men's deeds and characters is an ancient practice not abandoned even in our times' (1.1). There used to be no criticism, even of those who wrote their own Life ; 'but now, about to relate a dead man's life, I have needed indulgence, which I should not have sought if planning an invective, so savage and hosti…
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…
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