Pagan Historiography and the Decline of the Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20074651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolf Liebeschuetz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 177-218 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Greek and Roman Historiography in Late Antiquity (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789047400189_007 |
| OpenAlex | W919848009 |
| ISBN | 9789047400189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
To assess the place of Eunapius in the evolution of Late Antique historiography, and particularly the relation of his History to the History of Ammianus Marcellinus, it is necessary to establish, at least roughly, when his writings were published or otherwise made known to the wider public. This chapter suggests that Eunapius gave Ammianus the idea of writing an imperial history with a pagan bias, or perhaps with the wider purpose of upholding ancestral values, mos maiorum , of which traditional cults were an essential part. But if Ammianus adopted the basic idea from Eunapius, he also decided to improve on the Eunapian model by making his history more comprehensive, more detailed, and accurate, and less one-sidedly partisan. Zosimus compiled his History with a definite purpose. As he tells us in his preface, he was writing a supplement to the history of Polybius. Keywords: Ammianus Marcellinus; Eunapian model; imperial history; pagan historiography; Polybius; Zosimus
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Classical Revivals and “Pagan” Art
The Livian Revival
Conclusion
The Frigidus
Correctors and Critics II
The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I
The Poem Against the Pagans
The “Pagan” Literary Revival
The Real Circle of Symmachus
Pagan Converts
Pagan Scholarship
Pagan Writers
Correctors and Critics I
Greek Texts and Latin Translation
From Constantius to Theodosius
Priests and Initiates
The Historia Augusta
Other Christian Verse Invectives
Macrobius and the “Pagan” Culture of his Age
Literary Sources on Constantine’s Time
The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II
Pagans and Polytheists
Coded Polemic in Ammianus Book 31 and the Date and Place of its Composition
A Barbarian by Birth, Yet a Hellene in Everything Else”
La naissance de Constantinople et la fin des voyages impériaux (IV e -V e siècle)
A Common Source for Jerome, Eutropius, Festus, Ammianus, and the Epitome de Caesaribus between 358 and 378, along with Further Thoughts on the Date and Nature of the Kaisergeschichte
Julian’s Apostates
How Perilous Was It to Write Political History in Late Antiquity
The Last Pagans of Rome
Ambrose and the Usurpation of Arbogastes and Eugenius
| Citations per year | 1.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |