Readers and Reception
A Text Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23655137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A J Woodman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 117-127 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405185110.ch10 |
| OpenAlex | W2754051000 |
| ISBN | 9781405185110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 18 ce the charismatic prince Germanicus – nephew and adopted son of the emperor Tiberius – became consul for the second time and embarked on a sightseeing tour of the Mediterranean world which took him to Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt. It was evidently not until the following year that he reached Egypt, where, though bilingual in Latin and Greek, he found himself unable to understand the inscriptions on the monuments there: they were written in Egyptian characters, and a senior priest was ordered to translate them for him. From there he proceeded to Syria, where he came into conflict with the governor of the province, Calpurnius Piso, and shortly afterwards met his death at Antioch in mysterious circumstances. As news of this tragedy became known, there was an outburst of uninhibited mourning on a universal scale and the immediate upsurge of conspiracy theories as to the cause of his premature death. When Piso returned to Rome in 20 ce, he was accused among other things of having poisoned Germanicus and, halfway through his trial, was found dead in his bedroom, evidently the victim of suicide: he had been stabbed through the throat, and a sword was lying beside him on the ground.
Ancient history · Art · Emperor · Literature · Nephew and niece · Pilgrimage · SWORD · Tragedy (event) · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |