Alan J Ross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan J Ross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan J |
| FAMILY NAME | Ross |
| SIGNATURE | ROSS A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4883-5002 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Jovian Reconsidered (on J. W. Drijvers, The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363–364)
The Consulate of 346 C.E
The changes to the Roman state brought about by Constantine were consolidated thanks to the survival of his dynasty after his death. This article challenges the dominance of Christian sources to our understanding of the political history of Constantine's sons. Bringing to light overlooked numismatic evidence, it argues that discrepancies in the consular fasti during 340s are not evidence for the intrusion of ecclesiastical politics upon one of Ro…
Empire Inside Out
This article argues that Panegyricus Latinus XII(9), a speech performed before Constantine in Trier in 313 c.e. following his defeat of Maxentius the previous year, acted as a crucial localized act of communication to the emperor. Through a series of allusions and the careful presentation of his narrative, the orator made a case for the continued political and cultural importance of Trier within the newly expanded Constantinian empire
Envisioning Adventus
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new critical analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious and literary contexts
Epilogue
The Epilogue offers a summation of the main arguments of the book; namely that Ammianus Marcellinus casts the major episodes of Julian’s reign as topoi, which are familiar from classicizing historiography in Latin, and that in doing so he deliberately presents a more ‘Romanized’ account of Julian for a Western, Latin-speaking audience. The Epilogue also compares the various points in the narrative where the narrator appears as a participant, and …
Ammianus' Julian
This book presents a re-examination of Ammianus Marcellinus’ agenda and methods in narrating the reign of the emperor Julian (355–63). Ammianus’ Res Gestae provides the fullest extant narrative of Julian, and holds a prominent position in modern studies of the last ‘pagan’ emperor. This book suggests that the Res Gestae presents a Latin-speaking, western audience with an idiosyncratic and ‘Romanized’ depiction of the philhellene emperor. Consciou…
Ammianus, Traditions of Satire and the Eternity of Rome
The fourth-century historian Ammianus Marcellinus famously attacks the inhabitants of Rome in two satirical “digressions,” which have often been read as autobiographical statements of Ammianus’ anger against his fellow inhabitants of Rome. This article argues, however, that Ammianus consciously adopts a light-hearted satirical persona, whose indignatio owes more to the traditions of Roman satire than personal experience. Furthermore, the insertio…
Ammianus, Traditions of Satire and the Eternity of Rome
The fourth-century historian Ammianus Marcellinus famously attacks the inhabitants of Rome in two satirical “digressions,” which have often been read as autobiographical statements of Ammianus' anger against his fellow inhabitants of Rome. This article argues, however, that Ammianus consciously adopts a light-hearted satirical persona, whose indignatio owes more to the traditions of Roman satire than personal experience. Furthermore, the insertio…
Togas gradui et facultati competentes
During the academic year 2009/10, 18,755 students in the United Kingdom completed a doctoral degree after either full- or part-time study. The vast majority of these doctorates were obtained by young researchers immediately after the completion of a first degree or master’s programme, and were undertaken in many cases as an entry qualification into the academic profession. Indeed, the PhD today is the sine qua non for embarkation upon an academic…
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new critical analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious and literary contexts
Ammianus' Julian
This book presents a re-examination of Ammianus Marcellinus’ agenda and methods in narrating the reign of the emperor Julian (355–63). Ammianus’ Res Gestae provides the fullest extant narrative of Julian, and holds a prominent position in modern studies of the last ‘pagan’ emperor. This book suggests that the Res Gestae presents a Latin-speaking, western audience with an idiosyncratic and ‘Romanized’ depiction of the philhellene emperor. Consciou…
Envisioning Adventus
Ammianus, Traditions of Satire and the Eternity of Rome
The fourth-century historian Ammianus Marcellinus famously attacks the inhabitants of Rome in two satirical “digressions,” which have often been read as autobiographical statements of Ammianus' anger against his fellow inhabitants of Rome. This article argues, however, that Ammianus consciously adopts a light-hearted satirical persona, whose indignatio owes more to the traditions of Roman satire than personal experience. Furthermore, the insertio…
Togas gradui et facultati competentes
During the academic year 2009/10, 18,755 students in the United Kingdom completed a doctoral degree after either full- or part-time study. The vast majority of these doctorates were obtained by young researchers immediately after the completion of a first degree or master’s programme, and were undertaken in many cases as an entry qualification into the academic profession. Indeed, the PhD today is the sine qua non for embarkation upon an academic…
Togas gradui et facultati competentes
During the academic year 2009/10, 18,755 students in the United Kingdom completed a doctoral degree after either full- or part-time study. The vast majority of these doctorates were obtained by young researchers immediately after the completion of a first degree or master’s programme, and were undertaken in many cases as an entry qualification into the academic profession. Indeed, the PhD today is the sine qua non for embarkation upon an academic…
Ammianus, Traditions of Satire and the Eternity of Rome
The fourth-century historian Ammianus Marcellinus famously attacks the inhabitants of Rome in two satirical “digressions,” which have often been read as autobiographical statements of Ammianus’ anger against his fellow inhabitants of Rome. This article argues, however, that Ammianus consciously adopts a light-hearted satirical persona, whose indignatio owes more to the traditions of Roman satire than personal experience. Furthermore, the insertio…
Ammianus, Traditions of Satire and the Eternity of Rome
The fourth-century historian Ammianus Marcellinus famously attacks the inhabitants of Rome in two satirical “digressions,” which have often been read as autobiographical statements of Ammianus' anger against his fellow inhabitants of Rome. This article argues, however, that Ammianus consciously adopts a light-hearted satirical persona, whose indignatio owes more to the traditions of Roman satire than personal experience. Furthermore, the insertio…
Epilogue
The Epilogue offers a summation of the main arguments of the book; namely that Ammianus Marcellinus casts the major episodes of Julian’s reign as topoi, which are familiar from classicizing historiography in Latin, and that in doing so he deliberately presents a more ‘Romanized’ account of Julian for a Western, Latin-speaking audience. The Epilogue also compares the various points in the narrative where the narrator appears as a participant, and …
Ammianus' Julian
This book presents a re-examination of Ammianus Marcellinus’ agenda and methods in narrating the reign of the emperor Julian (355–63). Ammianus’ Res Gestae provides the fullest extant narrative of Julian, and holds a prominent position in modern studies of the last ‘pagan’ emperor. This book suggests that the Res Gestae presents a Latin-speaking, western audience with an idiosyncratic and ‘Romanized’ depiction of the philhellene emperor. Consciou…
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new critical analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious and literary contexts
Envisioning Adventus
The Consulate of 346 C.E
The changes to the Roman state brought about by Constantine were consolidated thanks to the survival of his dynasty after his death. This article challenges the dominance of Christian sources to our understanding of the political history of Constantine's sons. Bringing to light overlooked numismatic evidence, it argues that discrepancies in the consular fasti during 340s are not evidence for the intrusion of ecclesiastical politics upon one of Ro…
Empire Inside Out
This article argues that Panegyricus Latinus XII(9), a speech performed before Constantine in Trier in 313 c.e. following his defeat of Maxentius the previous year, acted as a crucial localized act of communication to the emperor. Through a series of allusions and the careful presentation of his narrative, the orator made a case for the continued political and cultural importance of Trier within the newly expanded Constantinian empire
Jovian Reconsidered (on J. W. Drijvers, The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363–364)
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