Daniël den Hengst

Biographic Data

ID5663052
NAMEDaniël den Hengst
GIVEN NAMESDaniël den
FAMILY NAMEHengst
SIGNATUREHENGST D D
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX2

  • Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.BOOKPhilological and Historical…2018

    This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae. The last book of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae is the most important source for a momentous event in European history: the invasion of the Goths across the Danube border into the Roman Empire and the ensuing battle of Adrianople (378 CE), in which a Roman army was annihilated and the emperor Valens lost his life. Many contemporaries were of the opinion that this de…

  • Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXX

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.BOOKPhilological and historical…2015

    The first part of Book 30 of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae is devoted to the military and diplomatic struggle for Armenia between Valens, emperor of the East, and king Sapor II of Persia. The Romans successfully defend their position, until they are forced to deal with the Goths who threaten to cross the Danube border. The second half of Book 30 is dominated by Valentinian I, emperor of the West. Ammianus presents a kaleidoscopic picture of th…

  • Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIX

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.BOOKPhilological and Historical…2013Cited by: 1

    Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae this volume deals with Book 29, which is devoted to the judicial terror in Antioch under Valens and the warfare in Africa and Central Europe under Theodosius and Valentinian respectively

  • Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.BOOKPhilological and Historical…2011Cited by: 3

    In Book 28 Ammianus describes the military activity of Valentinian on the Rhine. The historian speaks with admiration about his efforts to strengthen the northwestern border of the empire. He shows a similar esteem for the general Theodosius, who re-established order in Britain. However, in the greater part of Book 28 there is an air of gloom. Ammianus writes reluctantly about the judicial terror inflicted on the Roman aristocracy by powerful mag…

  • Emperors and historiography

    Daniël den Hengst, D W P Burgersdijk et al.BOOKEmperors and historiography2010

    "In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Daniel den Hengst, professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Amsterdam, concerns the development of Roman historiography, the ways in which Roman historians present their work and the intertextual relations between these works and other literary genres. Special attention is given to the Historia …

  • Emperors and Historiography

    Daniël den Hengst, Hanna Schreuders et al.BOOKEmperors and historiography2009

    This volume contains scholarly articles by professor Daniel den Hengst, in which structural and intertextual aspects of Roman historiographical texts are studied. Special attention is given to the Historia Augusta and Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae, but also relevant texts by Cicero, Livy, Quintilian and Suetonius are discussed.

  • Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVII

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.BOOKPhilological and historical…2009

    Book 27 deals with events between 365 and 370. Military operations in the western and eastern half of the Empire take up a large part of the available space. Apart from military matters Ammianus deals with internal affairs. He discusses the terms of office of four Roman urban prefects and paints a picture of Petronius Probus, the mightiest civil official of the period. The most striking part of the book contains a portrait of the emperor Valentin…

  • Literary Aspects Of Ammianus’ Second Digression On Rome

    Daniël den HengstCHAPTERAmmianus after Julian2007

    This chapter deals with literary aspects of Ammianus' second digression on Rome. Attention is given to its place within the Res Gestae and its relation to the first digression and to chapter 28.1 on trials in Rome. The chapter also discusses the satirical character of the digression as well as its literary antecedents. Few readers will accept Ammianus' picture of Roman society at face value. The place where Ammianus inserted his second digression…

  • Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVI

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.EDITORBOOKPhilological and Historical…2007

    Book 26 of Ammianus' Res Gestae is the first of the hexad which deals with the rule of the emperors Valentinian and Valens (364-378). In the first five chapters Ammianus describes the election of Valentinian, who appointed his brother Valens as his co-ruler, and subsequently divided the empire into an eastern and a western part. The next chapters deal with the revolt of Procopius. They offer the most detailed account of a coup d' état in Roman hi…

  • Ammianus after Julian

    Jan Den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.EDITORBOOKAmmianus after Julian2007Cited by: 2

    In Books 26–31 Ammianus Marcellinus deals with the period of the emperors Valentinian and Valens. The representatives of the new dynasty differ greatly from their predecessor Julian, both personally and in their style of government. The Empire is divided between the two rulers, and suffers increasingly from barbarian invasions. Faced with these changes, Ammianus adapts his historical method. His treatment of the events becomes less detailed and m…

  • Ammianus after Julian

    Daniël den Hengst, Jan Willem Drijvers et al.BOOKAmmianus after Julian2007

    In Books 26-31 Marcellinus deals with the period of the emperors Valentinian and Valens. The representatives of the new dynasty differ greatly from their predecessor Julian, both personally and in their style of government. The Empire is divided between the two rulers, and suffers increasingly from barbarian invasions. Faced with these changes, adapts his historical method. His treatment of the events becomes less detailed and more critical. The …