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Description for Roman Life
Paperback. Rutilius Gallicus was chief of police, poet and courtier of the Roman Emperor Domitian. He is a unique figure in that he can be studied in detail through both text and inscription, thereby fusing literature with history, and linking poetry with epigraphy. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 258.
Rutilius Gallicus was chief of police, poet and courtier of the Roman Emperor Domitian. He is a unique figure in that he can be studied in detail through both text and inscription, thereby fusing literature with history, and linking poetry with epigraphy. His recovery from a critical illness was celebrated in a sparkling poem by Statius, the poet laureate whose work is currently being read with new interest. As well as taking the reader on a tour across the city of Rome and the provinces, and through Flavian history and culture, Gallicus is by turns a sternly formal public servant, ... Read more
Rutilius Gallicus was chief of police, poet and courtier of the Roman Emperor Domitian. He is a unique figure in that he can be studied in detail through both text and inscription, thereby fusing literature with history, and linking poetry with epigraphy. His recovery from a critical illness was celebrated in a sparkling poem by Statius, the poet laureate whose work is currently being read with new interest. As well as taking the reader on a tour across the city of Rome and the provinces, and through Flavian history and culture, Gallicus is by turns a sternly formal public servant, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Exeter Studies in History S.
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859895651
SKU
V9780859895651
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About John Henderson
John Henderson is Professor of Classics, University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics of King's College, Cambridge. He is co-author (with Mary Beard) of Classics: A very short introduction (Oxford, 1995) and is the author of many books, including Figuring Out Roman Nobility: Juvenal's Eighth Satire (1997) and A Roman Life: Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and ... Read more
Reviews for Roman Life
Some will feel that Henderson at times reads too much into the poem, but the reader of Statius must be sensitive to a variety of levels of subtlety. . . The notes themselves provide a full accounting of the intertextual references that abound in any Statian poem. All Latin is translated in a style that is true to Statius' mixture ... Read more