Ausonius’ Fasti and Caesares revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9403014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R P H Green (University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 573-578 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cq/49.2.573 |
| OpenAlex | W2116027614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper reconsiders certain questions about Ausonius’ two incomplete works on historical themes, Fasti and Caesares , with particular attention to points raised in a recent article by R. W. Burgess. Of the Fasti we have only a few tantalizing snippets, the packaging and not the core: what did the work look like when it left Ausonius? What was its coverage? was it in verse or prose? The Caesares as we have it breaks off in mid-quatrain, at line 139: did it go beyond Elagabalus? What of the evidence in Giovanni Mansionario that Ausonius treated certain imperatores from Decius to Diocletian
Art · Core (optical fiber · Literature · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |