Alice König
Biographic Data
| ID | 9080612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice König |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | König |
| SIGNATURE | KÖNIG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0245-5303 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Adult Gaze
Young people are often talked about as “the future,” with the dual implication that they will inherit the results of contemporary decision-making and direct policy-making once they reach adulthood. However, it is not only in the future that they will encounter, have to think about, suffer from, and develop expertise in conflict. Building on a growing body of work considering young voices in peace and conflict studies and their participation as fu…
Intertextuality in Pliny's Epistles
Pliny's Epistles are full of literary artistry. This volume of essays by an impressive international team of scholars showcases this by exploring the intertextual, interdiscursive and also intermedial character of the collection. It provides a contribution to the recent scholarly interest in Latin prose intertextuality and in the literary and cultural interactions of the Imperial period. Focusing on the whole collection as well as on single books…
Discourses of Authority in Pliny, Epistles 10
In this chapter, König examines an array of ‘literary interactions’ in Pliny’s 10th book of Letters . She draws particular attention to the book’s ‘heteroglossia’ – the multiplicity of linguistic registers and literary genres that it evokes and adopts – and she shows how that heteroglossia enables Pliny to accrue increasing authority and expertise as the book progresses. Starting with letters 10.1-14, she first explores intertexts between Pliny’s…
Tactical Interactions
This chapter looks at two interconnected texts which were published within two or three decades of each other: Aelianus Tacticus’ Tactical Theory (addressed to Trajan) and Arrian’s Tactics, published two or three decades later under Hadrian. Both texts appear to draw on the same source material, and it is reasonable to suppose that Arrian was aware of Aelian’s earlier treatise, although there is no direct interaction between them. Their different…
Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96–235
This book explores new ways of analysing interactions between different linguistic, cultural, and religious communities across the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva to the Severans (96–235 CE). Bringing together leading scholars in classics with experts in the history of Judaism, Christianity and the Near East, it looks beyond the Greco-Roman binary that has dominated many studies of the period, and moves beyond traditional approaches to inter…
Reading Frontinus in Martial's Epigrams
Non peer reviewed
Roman Literature under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian
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Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture
Frontinus' Cameo Role in Tacitus' Agricola
Frontinus appears only once in Tacitus' Agricola , at a moment in the text where Tacitus is filling in some background, sketching a rough history of the Roman occupation of Britain up to the time when Agricola took over as governor of the province. His appearance is brief, and the momentum of the whole section makes it tempting to see him as a mere footnote in the tale of Agricola's life and career. I will argue, however, that Frontinus' role in …
Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On aqueducts
INTRODUCTION During his lifetime, Sextus Julius Frontinus was ‘one of the most important figures of the Flavio-Trajanic era’. Little is known for certain about his early career, but by the time of his death in 103/104 ce he had not only served as Governor of Britain, Proconsul of Asia, Curator aquarum (Guardian of the aqueducts) and Augur , but had also been made consul three times, twice with Trajan himself as his colleague. Triple consulships w…
Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire
The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This fascinating collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing a…
Frontinus' Cameo Role in Tacitus' Agricola
Frontinus appears only once in Tacitus' Agricola , at a moment in the text where Tacitus is filling in some background, sketching a rough history of the Roman occupation of Britain up to the time when Agricola took over as governor of the province. His appearance is brief, and the momentum of the whole section makes it tempting to see him as a mere footnote in the tale of Agricola's life and career. I will argue, however, that Frontinus' role in …
Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On aqueducts
INTRODUCTION During his lifetime, Sextus Julius Frontinus was ‘one of the most important figures of the Flavio-Trajanic era’. Little is known for certain about his early career, but by the time of his death in 103/104 ce he had not only served as Governor of Britain, Proconsul of Asia, Curator aquarum (Guardian of the aqueducts) and Augur , but had also been made consul three times, twice with Trajan himself as his colleague. Triple consulships w…
Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire
The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This fascinating collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing a…
Frontinus' Cameo Role in Tacitus' Agricola
Frontinus appears only once in Tacitus' Agricola , at a moment in the text where Tacitus is filling in some background, sketching a rough history of the Roman occupation of Britain up to the time when Agricola took over as governor of the province. His appearance is brief, and the momentum of the whole section makes it tempting to see him as a mere footnote in the tale of Agricola's life and career. I will argue, however, that Frontinus' role in …
Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture
Reading Frontinus in Martial's Epigrams
Non peer reviewed
Roman Literature under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian
Book summary page views Book summary page views help Close Book summary page views help Book summary views reflect the number of visits to the book and chapter landing pages. Total views: 0 * Loading metrics
Tactical Interactions
This chapter looks at two interconnected texts which were published within two or three decades of each other: Aelianus Tacticus’ Tactical Theory (addressed to Trajan) and Arrian’s Tactics, published two or three decades later under Hadrian. Both texts appear to draw on the same source material, and it is reasonable to suppose that Arrian was aware of Aelian’s earlier treatise, although there is no direct interaction between them. Their different…
Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96–235
This book explores new ways of analysing interactions between different linguistic, cultural, and religious communities across the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva to the Severans (96–235 CE). Bringing together leading scholars in classics with experts in the history of Judaism, Christianity and the Near East, it looks beyond the Greco-Roman binary that has dominated many studies of the period, and moves beyond traditional approaches to inter…
Intertextuality in Pliny's Epistles
Pliny's Epistles are full of literary artistry. This volume of essays by an impressive international team of scholars showcases this by exploring the intertextual, interdiscursive and also intermedial character of the collection. It provides a contribution to the recent scholarly interest in Latin prose intertextuality and in the literary and cultural interactions of the Imperial period. Focusing on the whole collection as well as on single books…
Discourses of Authority in Pliny, Epistles 10
In this chapter, König examines an array of ‘literary interactions’ in Pliny’s 10th book of Letters . She draws particular attention to the book’s ‘heteroglossia’ – the multiplicity of linguistic registers and literary genres that it evokes and adopts – and she shows how that heteroglossia enables Pliny to accrue increasing authority and expertise as the book progresses. Starting with letters 10.1-14, she first explores intertexts between Pliny’s…
The Adult Gaze
Young people are often talked about as “the future,” with the dual implication that they will inherit the results of contemporary decision-making and direct policy-making once they reach adulthood. However, it is not only in the future that they will encounter, have to think about, suffer from, and develop expertise in conflict. Building on a growing body of work considering young voices in peace and conflict studies and their participation as fu…
Art (10 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (9 works) · History (8 works) · Literature (7 works) · Classics (6 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works)