Pliny's Praise

The Panegyricus in the Roman World

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ID19903362
AuthorsCarlos F Noreña, D C Innes, Gesine Manuwald (0000-0002-3930-7822), Bruce Gibson, G O Hutchinson (0000-0002-3306-1673), John Henderson (0000-0002-8598-5560), Roger Rees
EditorsPaul Roche (0009-0007-3825-2974)
Year2011
Publication date2011-05-26
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenuePliny's Praise (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511920578
OpenAlexW2485705569
Open LibraryOL34459655M
ISBN9780511920578
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates a detailed senatorial view on the behaviour expected of an emperor. It is an important document in the development of the ideals of imperial leadership, but it also contributes greatly to our understanding of imperial political culture more generally. This volume, the first ever devoted to the Panegyricus, contains expert studies of its key historical and rhetorical contexts, as well as important critical approaches to the published version of the speech and its influence in antiquity. It offers scholars of Roman history, literature and rhetoric an up-to-date overview of key approaches to the speech, and students and interested readers an authoritative introduction to this vital and under-appreciated speech

Ancient history · Art · Emperor · Empire · Key (lock) · Linguistics · Literature · Panegyric · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Praise · Principate · Reign · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Roman Empire · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Law · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy · 30 B.C.-284 A.D · Ancient, Classical & Medieval · Historiography · History and criticism · Literary collections · Literary style · Pliny the Younger · Pliny, the younger, 62?-113 · politics and government · Praise in literature · Rome · Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin · Speeches, addresses, etc., latin, history and criticism

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