Some Notes on the History of Cassius Hemina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7959591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Forsythe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 326 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1088806 |
| OpenAlex | W2316601662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
WITH SOME FEW EXCEPTIONS, modern scholars have paid relatively little attention to the historical fragments of Cassius Hemina. Since there are only 40 fragments from his writing, and his history seems to have been virtually unknown in later times, modern scholarly neglect might appear to be well placed; but since he was one of the first Romans who undertook to write a substantial work in Latin prose, his writing should be viewed as having at least some significance for the early history and development of Latin literature. In recent years E. Rawson has devoted careful attention to the overall content of the fragments (along with those of L. Calpurnius Piso and Cn. Gellius) in an attempt to understand basic themes and patterns of the earliest Latin histories.1 The present study will concentrate more minutely on certain textual and philological problems of Hemina's fragments. It is hoped that this approach will advance our understanding of Hemina's work and its place in the annalistic tradition. Nothing at all is known about Hemina himself. We do not even know whether he was related to the noble family of the Cassii Longini. If Sp. Cassius of the first decades of the republic is excluded from consideration, the Cassian family is not attested in Roman politics until the second quarter of the second century B.C., after which the family succeeded in holding seven consulships and two censorships within the space of about 100 years (171-73 B.C.).2 All these men had the cognomen Longinus. The surname Hemina (meaning something like pint) is an enigma. Priscian in F 25 records Hemina's praenomen as Lucius, and there is no reason to doubt him on this point. The Cassii Longini employed the praenomina Gaius, Lucius, and Quintus. Thus the evidence of Hemina's nomenclature does
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2023 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |