Tacitus and The Death of Augustus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9394181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R H Martin (0000-0003-3276-7284, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 123-128 |
| Publication date | 1955-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800002536 |
| OpenAlex | W2066162725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 1 |
Tacitus' use and adaptation of phrases from earlier Latin writers is well known. By this means he adds to his own context something of the atmosphere belonging to the context from which the phrase is borrowed. So, for example, when at Ann . 4. 1 he describes Seianus in language modelled on Sallust's description of Catiline (c. 5), the reader is immediately made aware that he is to expect Seianus to display the same resolute villainy that Catiline had shown
Adaptation (eye · Archaeology · Art · Atmosphere (unit · Context (archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · Literature · Meteorology · Phrase · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology
Amores 1.1–5
The Historian's Presence, or, There and Back Again
Voices of Resistance
Roma and Her Tutelary Deity
Juvenal and the Delatores
Allusion and Contrast in the Letters of Nicias (Thuc. 7.11–15) and Pompey (Sall. Hist. 2.98M)
Narrative and Speech Problems in Thucydides Book I
Eros and Empire
Seven Passages of the Annals (and One of Manilius)
Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Livy on the Horatii and the Curiatii
Divide and Conquer
Scipio the Matchmaker
Munera uestra cano
Pompeius Trogus in Tacitus' Annals
The Art of Losing
Fathers and Sons
Rome and Persia 357–9
The Spur of Fame
The Great Escape
Romani ueteres atque urbani sales
Velleius Mythistoricus
The Beginning of Tiberius's and Nero's Reigns in the Annals
Ancient Historiography and its Contexts
Beyond Teutoburg
The Date of Composition of Suetonius' Caesares
Analogous Characters
Agrippina Maggiore
Agrippina's (Un-)Augustan Anger
Tacitus/The World in Pieces
The Republic in Danger
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.45 |
| Citation span | 1959 - 2023 (65) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |