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Politics and Philosophy at Rome Collected Papers

Griffin Miriam T. Balmaceda Catalina
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198793120
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1558 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
180 mm
Dybde
50 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
792

Forfatter
Griffin Miriam T.
Redaktør
Balmaceda Catalina

Om bidragsyterne

Miriam T. Griffin was born in New York and studied at Barnard College and Radcliffe before receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to Oxford, where she completed her DPhil under the supervision of Sir Ronald Syme. She was initially the Fulford Research Fellow at St. Anne's College, later being appointed to a tutorial fellowship in Ancient History at Somerville College and a CUF Lectureship in the University, as well as holding a post as Langford Eminent scholar at Florida State University in 2008. She was the editor of The Classical Quarterly from 2002 until 2007 and is a long-standing editor of the Clarendon Ancient History series for Oxford University Press. In 2018, Dr Griffin was posthumously awarded a British Academy Medal for her lifetimes contribution to Roman history and ancient thought. Catalina Balmaceda completed her D.Phil at Brasenose College, Oxford, and is now Associate Professor of Ancient History at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the author of Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Comprender el pasado: una historia de la escritura y el pensamiento histórico (with Jaume Aurell, Peter Burke, and Felipe Soza; Akal, 2013), Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha (with Michael Comber; Liverpool University Press, 2009), and several articles on Roman history and historiography.

Politics and Philosophy at Rome Collected Papers

Griffin Miriam T. Balmaceda Catalina
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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[a] meticulously edited and skillfully produced volume

Joseph Geiger, Scripta Classica Israelica

The volume...serves as a testament to Griffin's enduring authority and inspiration as a scholar.

Jenny Bryan, University of Manchester

The book is thus a 'must-have' for specialists, who will easily locate key passages concerning key themes in Roman political thoughtspecialists will also find useful supplements to readings in source material for undergraduate and graduate students.

Alex Dresslet, University of Wisconsim-Madison, Polis (AGPT)

Se alle

What is most striking reading through the collection as a whole is how accessible Griffin consistently is, even when discussing more technical matters, e.g. in 'Un Frammento del Libro XI di Tito Livio?' and 'The Composition of the Academica'. This makes the volume a valuable resource for a wide-ranging readership.

Benjamin Harriman, Edinburgh University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

It is easy to give this a five-star rating as the work here is the result of many years of peer-reviewed polishing and the finished text is pretty well perfect in scope and in execution.

John Godwin, Classics for all

This volume presents the collected papers of Miriam T. Griffin, an eminent scholar of Roman history and ancient thought whose work has played a central role in forging links between scholarship on the history of the Graeco-Roman world and its philosophies. Spanning a period of over forty years and a distinguished career as Fellow of Somerville College at Oxford, these papers include both published works, many of them now difficult to find in their original printings, and previously unpublished lectures. The collection covers a range of topics in Roman Republican and Imperial history, Roman historiography, and the interplay of Latin philosophy and Roman politics, as well as featuring a host of key Latin authors, most notably Cicero, Seneca, and Tacitus. The last of these categories, the interplay of philosophy and politics in Rome, is also the most prominent in the volume: though deeply interested in ancient philosophy, and especially Stoicism, Miriam Griffin writes primarily as a historian concerned with how Roman thinking was related to political circumstances and actions. Many of the essays have opened up new areas of discussion and formed the basis of later scholarship dealing with history and philosophy, and although some of them are quite general, serving as useful introductions to the subject area, others are more detailed and technical, inviting discussion and controversy. The style throughout is consistently dynamic and engaging, resulting in a fascinating and formidable collection from a scholar unrivalled as an expert in both the history of the Graeco-Roman world and its philosophies, and a true pioneer in the bridging of these two spheres.
Les mer
Miriam T. Griffin is an eminent scholar of Roman history and ancient philosophy and an unrivalled pioneer in her work to bridge the two. This collection of her papers focuses on the interplay of philosophy and politics in Rome and represents a fascinating body of work of outstanding intellectual quality and scholarly significance.
Les mer
Frontmatter List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations PART I: ROMAN HISTORY Republican History 1: Cicero and Rome 2: The 'Leges Iudiciariae' of the Pre-Sullan Era 3: The Tribune C. Cornelius 4: Introduction to A Companion to Julius Caesar Imperial History 5: Urbs Roma, Plebs and Princeps 6: The Elder Seneca and Spain 7: Nero's Recall of Suetonius Paullinus 8: Claudius in the Judgement of the Next Half-Century 9: Tacitus, Tiberius and the Principate 10: Nero and the Concept of Imperial Glory PART II: ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY Published Papers 11: Tacitus as a Historian 12: The Lyons Tablet and Tacitean Hindsight 13: Un Frammento del Libro XI di Tito Livio? 14: Claudius in Tacitus 15: The Senate's Story 16: Pliny and Tacitus 17: Iure Plectimur: The Roman Critique of Roman Imperialism Unpublished Lectures 18: Writing History: The Senate vs. Tacitus 19: Pliny s Letters: Between History and E-mail 20: Nero: From Zero to Hero 21: Tacitus and Nero 22: Tiberius on Family Relations Occasional Pieces 23: Obituary of Sir Ronald Syme, 1903-1989 24: Show Us You Care, Ma'am 25: 'Lifting the Mask': Syme on Fictional History PART III: PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS 26: Philosophy, Politics, and Politicians at Rome 27: De Brevitate Vitae 28: Seneca on Cato's Politics: Epistle 14.12 13 29: Imago Vitae Suae 30: Philosophy, Cato, and Roman Suicide: I and II 31: Philosophy for Statesmen: Cicero and Seneca 32: The Intellectual Developments of the Ciceronian Age 33: Philosophical Badinage in Cicero's Letters to his Friends 34: Cynicism and the Romans: Attraction and Repulsion 35: When is Thought Political? 36: From Aristotle to Atticus: Cicero and Matius on Friendship 37: The Composition of the Academica: Motives and Versions 38: Seneca and Pliny 39: Piso, Cicero and their Audience 40: Political Thought in the Age of Nero 41: Clementia after Caesar: From Politics to Philosophy 42: De Beneficiis and Roman Society 43: The Younger Pliny's Debt to Moral Philosophy 44: Seneca's Pedagogic Strategy: Letters and De Beneficiis 45: The Elder Pliny on Philosophers 46: The Politics of Virtue: Three Puzzles in Cicero's De Officiis 47: Symptoms and Sympathy in Latin Letter-writing 48: Latin Philosophy and Roman Law 49: The Prince and his Tutor: Candour and Affection 50: Dignity in Roman and Stoic Thought Endmatter Bibliography Index
Les mer
Contains a wide array of papers from a pioneering body of work, including some which were previously unpublished and others which might otherwise be inaccessible Offers insights for a broad readership, from students to advanced scholars, through selection of both introductory or general papers and more technical texts Divides papers into clear thematic sections for ease of reference Includes translations of all Latin and Greek in order to cater to readers unfamiliar with ancient languages
Les mer
Miriam T. Griffin was born in New York and studied at Barnard College and Radcliffe before receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to Oxford, where she completed her DPhil under the supervision of Sir Ronald Syme. She was initially the Fulford Research Fellow at St. Anne's College, later being appointed to a tutorial fellowship in Ancient History at Somerville College and a CUF Lectureship in the University, as well as holding a post as Langford Eminent scholar at Florida State University in 2008. She was the editor of The Classical Quarterly from 2002 until 2007 and is a long-standing editor of the Clarendon Ancient History series for Oxford University Press. In 2018, Dr Griffin was posthumously awarded a British Academy Medal for her lifetimes contribution to Roman history and ancient thought. Catalina Balmaceda completed her D.Phil at Brasenose College, Oxford, and is now Associate Professor of Ancient History at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the author of Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Comprender el pasado: una historia de la escritura y el pensamiento histórico (with Jaume Aurell, Peter Burke, and Felipe Soza; Akal, 2013), Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha (with Michael Comber; Liverpool University Press, 2009), and several articles on Roman history and historiography.
Les mer
Contains a wide array of papers from a pioneering body of work, including some which were previously unpublished and others which might otherwise be inaccessible Offers insights for a broad readership, from students to advanced scholars, through selection of both introductory or general papers and more technical texts Divides papers into clear thematic sections for ease of reference Includes translations of all Latin and Greek in order to cater to readers unfamiliar with ancient languages
Les mer

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[a] meticulously edited and skillfully produced volume

Joseph Geiger, Scripta Classica Israelica

The volume...serves as a testament to Griffin's enduring authority and inspiration as a scholar.

Jenny Bryan, University of Manchester

The book is thus a 'must-have' for specialists, who will easily locate key passages concerning key themes in Roman political thoughtspecialists will also find useful supplements to readings in source material for undergraduate and graduate students.

Alex Dresslet, University of Wisconsim-Madison, Polis (AGPT)

Se alle

What is most striking reading through the collection as a whole is how accessible Griffin consistently is, even when discussing more technical matters, e.g. in 'Un Frammento del Libro XI di Tito Livio?' and 'The Composition of the Academica'. This makes the volume a valuable resource for a wide-ranging readership.

Benjamin Harriman, Edinburgh University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

It is easy to give this a five-star rating as the work here is the result of many years of peer-reviewed polishing and the finished text is pretty well perfect in scope and in execution.

John Godwin, Classics for all

This volume presents the collected papers of Miriam T. Griffin, an eminent scholar of Roman history and ancient thought whose work has played a central role in forging links between scholarship on the history of the Graeco-Roman world and its philosophies. Spanning a period of over forty years and a distinguished career as Fellow of Somerville College at Oxford, these papers include both published works, many of them now difficult to find in their original printings, and previously unpublished lectures. The collection covers a range of topics in Roman Republican and Imperial history, Roman historiography, and the interplay of Latin philosophy and Roman politics, as well as featuring a host of key Latin authors, most notably Cicero, Seneca, and Tacitus. The last of these categories, the interplay of philosophy and politics in Rome, is also the most prominent in the volume: though deeply interested in ancient philosophy, and especially Stoicism, Miriam Griffin writes primarily as a historian concerned with how Roman thinking was related to political circumstances and actions. Many of the essays have opened up new areas of discussion and formed the basis of later scholarship dealing with history and philosophy, and although some of them are quite general, serving as useful introductions to the subject area, others are more detailed and technical, inviting discussion and controversy. The style throughout is consistently dynamic and engaging, resulting in a fascinating and formidable collection from a scholar unrivalled as an expert in both the history of the Graeco-Roman world and its philosophies, and a true pioneer in the bridging of these two spheres.
Les mer
Miriam T. Griffin is an eminent scholar of Roman history and ancient philosophy and an unrivalled pioneer in her work to bridge the two. This collection of her papers focuses on the interplay of philosophy and politics in Rome and represents a fascinating body of work of outstanding intellectual quality and scholarly significance.
Les mer
Frontmatter List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations PART I: ROMAN HISTORY Republican History 1: Cicero and Rome 2: The 'Leges Iudiciariae' of the Pre-Sullan Era 3: The Tribune C. Cornelius 4: Introduction to A Companion to Julius Caesar Imperial History 5: Urbs Roma, Plebs and Princeps 6: The Elder Seneca and Spain 7: Nero's Recall of Suetonius Paullinus 8: Claudius in the Judgement of the Next Half-Century 9: Tacitus, Tiberius and the Principate 10: Nero and the Concept of Imperial Glory PART II: ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY Published Papers 11: Tacitus as a Historian 12: The Lyons Tablet and Tacitean Hindsight 13: Un Frammento del Libro XI di Tito Livio? 14: Claudius in Tacitus 15: The Senate's Story 16: Pliny and Tacitus 17: Iure Plectimur: The Roman Critique of Roman Imperialism Unpublished Lectures 18: Writing History: The Senate vs. Tacitus 19: Pliny s Letters: Between History and E-mail 20: Nero: From Zero to Hero 21: Tacitus and Nero 22: Tiberius on Family Relations Occasional Pieces 23: Obituary of Sir Ronald Syme, 1903-1989 24: Show Us You Care, Ma'am 25: 'Lifting the Mask': Syme on Fictional History PART III: PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS 26: Philosophy, Politics, and Politicians at Rome 27: De Brevitate Vitae 28: Seneca on Cato's Politics: Epistle 14.12 13 29: Imago Vitae Suae 30: Philosophy, Cato, and Roman Suicide: I and II 31: Philosophy for Statesmen: Cicero and Seneca 32: The Intellectual Developments of the Ciceronian Age 33: Philosophical Badinage in Cicero's Letters to his Friends 34: Cynicism and the Romans: Attraction and Repulsion 35: When is Thought Political? 36: From Aristotle to Atticus: Cicero and Matius on Friendship 37: The Composition of the Academica: Motives and Versions 38: Seneca and Pliny 39: Piso, Cicero and their Audience 40: Political Thought in the Age of Nero 41: Clementia after Caesar: From Politics to Philosophy 42: De Beneficiis and Roman Society 43: The Younger Pliny's Debt to Moral Philosophy 44: Seneca's Pedagogic Strategy: Letters and De Beneficiis 45: The Elder Pliny on Philosophers 46: The Politics of Virtue: Three Puzzles in Cicero's De Officiis 47: Symptoms and Sympathy in Latin Letter-writing 48: Latin Philosophy and Roman Law 49: The Prince and his Tutor: Candour and Affection 50: Dignity in Roman and Stoic Thought Endmatter Bibliography Index
Les mer
Contains a wide array of papers from a pioneering body of work, including some which were previously unpublished and others which might otherwise be inaccessible Offers insights for a broad readership, from students to advanced scholars, through selection of both introductory or general papers and more technical texts Divides papers into clear thematic sections for ease of reference Includes translations of all Latin and Greek in order to cater to readers unfamiliar with ancient languages
Les mer
Miriam T. Griffin was born in New York and studied at Barnard College and Radcliffe before receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to Oxford, where she completed her DPhil under the supervision of Sir Ronald Syme. She was initially the Fulford Research Fellow at St. Anne's College, later being appointed to a tutorial fellowship in Ancient History at Somerville College and a CUF Lectureship in the University, as well as holding a post as Langford Eminent scholar at Florida State University in 2008. She was the editor of The Classical Quarterly from 2002 until 2007 and is a long-standing editor of the Clarendon Ancient History series for Oxford University Press. In 2018, Dr Griffin was posthumously awarded a British Academy Medal for her lifetimes contribution to Roman history and ancient thought. Catalina Balmaceda completed her D.Phil at Brasenose College, Oxford, and is now Associate Professor of Ancient History at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the author of Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Comprender el pasado: una historia de la escritura y el pensamiento histórico (with Jaume Aurell, Peter Burke, and Felipe Soza; Akal, 2013), Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha (with Michael Comber; Liverpool University Press, 2009), and several articles on Roman history and historiography.
Les mer
Contains a wide array of papers from a pioneering body of work, including some which were previously unpublished and others which might otherwise be inaccessible Offers insights for a broad readership, from students to advanced scholars, through selection of both introductory or general papers and more technical texts Divides papers into clear thematic sections for ease of reference Includes translations of all Latin and Greek in order to cater to readers unfamiliar with ancient languages
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198793120
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1558 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
180 mm
Dybde
50 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
792

Forfatter
Griffin Miriam T.
Redaktør
Balmaceda Catalina

Om bidragsyterne

Miriam T. Griffin was born in New York and studied at Barnard College and Radcliffe before receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to Oxford, where she completed her DPhil under the supervision of Sir Ronald Syme. She was initially the Fulford Research Fellow at St. Anne's College, later being appointed to a tutorial fellowship in Ancient History at Somerville College and a CUF Lectureship in the University, as well as holding a post as Langford Eminent scholar at Florida State University in 2008. She was the editor of The Classical Quarterly from 2002 until 2007 and is a long-standing editor of the Clarendon Ancient History series for Oxford University Press. In 2018, Dr Griffin was posthumously awarded a British Academy Medal for her lifetimes contribution to Roman history and ancient thought. Catalina Balmaceda completed her D.Phil at Brasenose College, Oxford, and is now Associate Professor of Ancient History at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the author of Virtus Romana: Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Comprender el pasado: una historia de la escritura y el pensamiento histórico (with Jaume Aurell, Peter Burke, and Felipe Soza; Akal, 2013), Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha (with Michael Comber; Liverpool University Press, 2009), and several articles on Roman history and historiography.

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