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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23736262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leofranc Holford‐Strevens (0009-0000-4671-7806, corresponding author), Leofranc Holford-Strevens |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 241-259 |
| Publication date | 2003-11-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Aulus Gellius (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199263196.003.0014 |
| OpenAlex | W4232244996 |
| ISBN | 9780199263196 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 75 |
This chapter finds Antonine Latin culture uninterested in serious history, preferring piquant or improving anecdotes. Gellius follows suit, but has a love of facts; an interest in historiography is harder to substantiate. He knows certain passages of Herodotus, who was in fashion, and once quotes Thucydides; amongst Roman historians the most frequently cited is Claudius Quadrigarius, followed by Cato the Elder and Sallust. The basis of valuation is style; in accordance with Antonine taste, neither Livy nor any subsequent historian is ever mentioned. Gellius takes an interest in chronology, presenting a list of Graeco-Roman synchronisms down to the Second Punic War. Writing apolitically about politics, he admires great men for their words and deeds, but has no concern for their principles.
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| Highly cited | No |