| Fides in Flavian Literature Contributor(s): Augoustakis, Antony (Editor), Buckley, Emma (Editor), Stocks, Claire (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1487505531 ISBN-13: 9781487505530 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Rome |
| LCCN: 2018278268 |
| Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fides in Flavian Literature explores the ideology of good faith (fides) during the time of the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian (69-96 CE), the new imperial dynasty that gained power in the wake of the civil wars of the period. The contributors to this volume consider the significance and semantic range of this Roman value in works that deal in myth, contemporary poetry, and history in both prose and verse. Though it does not claim to offer the comprehensive last word on fides in Flavian Rome, the book aims to show that fides in this period was subjected to a particularly striking and special brand of contestation and reconceptualization, used to interrogate the broad cultural changes and anxieties of the Flavian period as well as connect to a republican and imperial past. The editors argue that fides was both a vehicle for reconciliation and a means to test the nature of good faith in the wake of a devastating and divisive period in Roman history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Augoustakis, Antony: - Antony Augoustakis is a professor in the Department of the Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Buckley, Emma: - Emma Buckley is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Classics and the University of St Andrews. Stocks, Claire: - Claire Stocks is a lecturer in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Newcastle University. |