R C Blockley
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 969105 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | R C Blockley |
| NOMBRES | R C |
| APELLIDO | Blockley |
| FIRMA | BLOCKLEY R C |
| AFILIACIONES | Carleton University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 92 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1972 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Development of Greek Historiography
The surviving Greek historiography of the fifth century divides basically into two categories: ecclesiastical history and the history of secular, mainly political and military, events. For instance, in ecclesiastical historiography the relatively 'pure' form and straightforward style of Socrates confront the more sophisticated and outward-looking Sozomen (a younger contemporary), while the work of the Arian Philostorgius strays even further from …
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II
In the History of Ammianus Marcellinus there are a large number of digressions, the majority of which conform to the practices of ancient historiography, which included them as a necessary background to the narrative text.1 Two of the digressions have, however, attracted particular attention as quite unusual within the tradition, those in which Ammianus discusses in vitriolic language the inhabitants of the city of Rome (XIV.6 and XXVIII.4).2 Sin…
Ammianus and Cicero
This passage has been frequently discussed, usually either as a methodological statement or in order to elicit hints about the historian and his opinions. In consequence, the first sentence has been the primary focus of attention.' Much of the older scholarly opinion on Ammianus, though it assigned to his History great value as a reliable source of information and assigned to the author some merit for his lively narrative and characterization, ne…
Ammianus Marcellinus’s Use of Exempla
The Latin word exemplum is related to the verb eximere (“to take from” or “to take out of”) and in its literal sense indicates a sample that accurately represents the whole. The force of “accurate representation” is extended to the ethical and educational use of an exemplum as an act or a saying (or a combination of both) that stands as an exemplar of an action or an attitude (usually reflecting a vice or a virtue) to be imitated or avoided. The …
East Roman Foreign Policy
The early Roman empire took a militaristic attitude towards its neighbours, but by the reign of Justinian a complex stance had evolved in which military force was tempered by diplomacy. Covering the period from the Peace of Nisibis in 299 to the death of Anastasius in 518, the author traces the development of the diplomatic element in late East Roman foreign policy from a mere adjunct or epilogue to war, into something with the capacity of being …
Ammianus Marcellinus on the Persian Invasion of A. D. 359
The History of Menander the Guardsman. Introductory Essay. Text, Translation, and Historiographical Notes
Almost all of the very little we know of Menander comes from the preface of his History. Having studied the law, Menander did not become an advocate, preferring instead to become a 'man-about-town'. He was saved from this life of degradation by the accession of the poetry and history enthusiast Emperor Maurice, and the rewards that being a writer could now bring. Whether his History was commissioned by the Emperor is not known, but he was certain…
Subsidies and Diplomacy
D URING LATE ANTIQUITY (4th-6th c. A.D.) it was a common practice of the Romans to pay subsidies to foreign peoples. The purposes of these subsidies and the circumstances under which they were paid varied, but they fell into two broad categories. They were either a genuine subsidy, such as a reward for good behaviour or payment for assistance (usually military), or they were a rental of good behaviour. In the former case the subsidy, which was pa…
The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire
This volume is the much larger companion to Roger Blockley's similarly-titled monograph, published in 1981 (ARCA 6). The earlier volume gave a commented conspectus of the fragments, and essays on the individual historians. In vol. II the texts themselves are printed, with English translations and historiographical notes. Included also is a correlation of Blockley's order with the older numbering of Muller, Dindorf and Niebuhr, and indices of name…
Ammianus Marcellinus on the Battle of Strasburg
AIMMIANUS MARCELLINUS' ACCOUNT of the battle of Strasburg (16.12), in which his hero, the Emperor Julian, decisively defeated a considerably larger Alemannic army, is one of the more impressive parts of his history. Since the historian was writing within the classical, politico-military tradition of historiography, battles and sieges naturally play an important part in his narrative. Not all battles and sieges are treated equally, and decisions w…
The Panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus on the Emperor Julian
Dexippus and Priscus and the Thucydidean Account of the Siege of Plataea
A MONGST THE FRAGMENTS of the Scythic War of P. Herennius Dexippus and the Byzantine History of Priscus of Panium there are descriptions of sieges of cities which show knowledge and imitation of the account of the Spartan siege of Plataea in Thucydides. Both later historians were insofar as they imitated his style, borrowing constructions, words, and even phrases. This has been satisfactorily demonstrated by the scholars named below; and in the c…
The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire
This volume is the much larger companion to Roger Blockley's similarly-titled monograph, published in 1981 (ARCA 6). The earlier volume gave a commented conspectus of the fragments, and essays on the individual historians. In vol. II the texts themselves are printed, with English translations and historiographical notes. Included also is a correlation of Blockley's order with the older numbering of Muller, Dindorf and Niebuhr, and indices of name…
The History of Menander the Guardsman. Introductory Essay. Text, Translation, and Historiographical Notes
Almost all of the very little we know of Menander comes from the preface of his History. Having studied the law, Menander did not become an advocate, preferring instead to become a 'man-about-town'. He was saved from this life of degradation by the accession of the poetry and history enthusiast Emperor Maurice, and the rewards that being a writer could now bring. Whether his History was commissioned by the Emperor is not known, but he was certain…
Dexippus and Priscus and the Thucydidean Account of the Siege of Plataea
A MONGST THE FRAGMENTS of the Scythic War of P. Herennius Dexippus and the Byzantine History of Priscus of Panium there are descriptions of sieges of cities which show knowledge and imitation of the account of the Spartan siege of Plataea in Thucydides. Both later historians were insofar as they imitated his style, borrowing constructions, words, and even phrases. This has been satisfactorily demonstrated by the scholars named below; and in the c…
The Panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus on the Emperor Julian
Ammianus Marcellinus on the Persian Invasion of A. D. 359
Subsidies and Diplomacy
D URING LATE ANTIQUITY (4th-6th c. A.D.) it was a common practice of the Romans to pay subsidies to foreign peoples. The purposes of these subsidies and the circumstances under which they were paid varied, but they fell into two broad categories. They were either a genuine subsidy, such as a reward for good behaviour or payment for assistance (usually military), or they were a rental of good behaviour. In the former case the subsidy, which was pa…
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II
In the History of Ammianus Marcellinus there are a large number of digressions, the majority of which conform to the practices of ancient historiography, which included them as a necessary background to the narrative text.1 Two of the digressions have, however, attracted particular attention as quite unusual within the tradition, those in which Ammianus discusses in vitriolic language the inhabitants of the city of Rome (XIV.6 and XXVIII.4).2 Sin…
The Panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus on the Emperor Julian
Dexippus and Priscus and the Thucydidean Account of the Siege of Plataea
A MONGST THE FRAGMENTS of the Scythic War of P. Herennius Dexippus and the Byzantine History of Priscus of Panium there are descriptions of sieges of cities which show knowledge and imitation of the account of the Spartan siege of Plataea in Thucydides. Both later historians were insofar as they imitated his style, borrowing constructions, words, and even phrases. This has been satisfactorily demonstrated by the scholars named below; and in the c…
Ammianus Marcellinus on the Battle of Strasburg
AIMMIANUS MARCELLINUS' ACCOUNT of the battle of Strasburg (16.12), in which his hero, the Emperor Julian, decisively defeated a considerably larger Alemannic army, is one of the more impressive parts of his history. Since the historian was writing within the classical, politico-military tradition of historiography, battles and sieges naturally play an important part in his narrative. Not all battles and sieges are treated equally, and decisions w…
The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire
This volume is the much larger companion to Roger Blockley's similarly-titled monograph, published in 1981 (ARCA 6). The earlier volume gave a commented conspectus of the fragments, and essays on the individual historians. In vol. II the texts themselves are printed, with English translations and historiographical notes. Included also is a correlation of Blockley's order with the older numbering of Muller, Dindorf and Niebuhr, and indices of name…
Subsidies and Diplomacy
D URING LATE ANTIQUITY (4th-6th c. A.D.) it was a common practice of the Romans to pay subsidies to foreign peoples. The purposes of these subsidies and the circumstances under which they were paid varied, but they fell into two broad categories. They were either a genuine subsidy, such as a reward for good behaviour or payment for assistance (usually military), or they were a rental of good behaviour. In the former case the subsidy, which was pa…
Ammianus Marcellinus on the Persian Invasion of A. D. 359
The History of Menander the Guardsman. Introductory Essay. Text, Translation, and Historiographical Notes
Almost all of the very little we know of Menander comes from the preface of his History. Having studied the law, Menander did not become an advocate, preferring instead to become a 'man-about-town'. He was saved from this life of degradation by the accession of the poetry and history enthusiast Emperor Maurice, and the rewards that being a writer could now bring. Whether his History was commissioned by the Emperor is not known, but he was certain…
Ammianus Marcellinus’s Use of Exempla
The Latin word exemplum is related to the verb eximere (“to take from” or “to take out of”) and in its literal sense indicates a sample that accurately represents the whole. The force of “accurate representation” is extended to the ethical and educational use of an exemplum as an act or a saying (or a combination of both) that stands as an exemplar of an action or an attitude (usually reflecting a vice or a virtue) to be imitated or avoided. The …
East Roman Foreign Policy
The early Roman empire took a militaristic attitude towards its neighbours, but by the reign of Justinian a complex stance had evolved in which military force was tempered by diplomacy. Covering the period from the Peace of Nisibis in 299 to the death of Anastasius in 518, the author traces the development of the diplomatic element in late East Roman foreign policy from a mere adjunct or epilogue to war, into something with the capacity of being …
Ammianus and Cicero
This passage has been frequently discussed, usually either as a methodological statement or in order to elicit hints about the historian and his opinions. In consequence, the first sentence has been the primary focus of attention.' Much of the older scholarly opinion on Ammianus, though it assigned to his History great value as a reliable source of information and assigned to the author some merit for his lively narrative and characterization, ne…
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II
In the History of Ammianus Marcellinus there are a large number of digressions, the majority of which conform to the practices of ancient historiography, which included them as a necessary background to the narrative text.1 Two of the digressions have, however, attracted particular attention as quite unusual within the tradition, those in which Ammianus discusses in vitriolic language the inhabitants of the city of Rome (XIV.6 and XXVIII.4).2 Sin…
The Development of Greek Historiography
The surviving Greek historiography of the fifth century divides basically into two categories: ecclesiastical history and the history of secular, mainly political and military, events. For instance, in ecclesiastical historiography the relatively 'pure' form and straightforward style of Socrates confront the more sophisticated and outward-looking Sozomen (a younger contemporary), while the work of the Arian Philostorgius strays even further from …
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