Das Imperium Romanum und seine Gegenwelten : Die geographisch-ethnographischen Exkurse in den Res Gestae des Ammianus Marcellinus
Vergin, Wiebke
Das Imperium Romanum und seine Gegenwelten : Die geographisch-ethnographischen Exkurse in den Res Gestae des Ammianus Marcellinus - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012 - 1 electronic resource (340 p.)
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Ammianus is regarded as the greatest historian of late antiquity. Yet his geographic and ethnographic digressions were long underestimated as examples offeigned eruditionand as undue interruptions to the historical narrative. The author of this volume believes that the key to understanding Ammianus`s work as a whole lies in his teaching of classical rhetoric, his metaphoric reading of landscapes, and the creation of spaces for memory and counterworlds to the Imperium Romanum. In this way, historical understanding and digressions concerning geographic knowledge must be viewed as interdependent features of the text. The author thus casts a new light on Ammianus`s literary achievements.
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German
9783110297089 9783110297089 9783110296938
10.1515/9783110297089 doi
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae Roman Empire
Das Imperium Romanum und seine Gegenwelten : Die geographisch-ethnographischen Exkurse in den Res Gestae des Ammianus Marcellinus - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012 - 1 electronic resource (340 p.)
Open Access
Ammianus is regarded as the greatest historian of late antiquity. Yet his geographic and ethnographic digressions were long underestimated as examples offeigned eruditionand as undue interruptions to the historical narrative. The author of this volume believes that the key to understanding Ammianus`s work as a whole lies in his teaching of classical rhetoric, his metaphoric reading of landscapes, and the creation of spaces for memory and counterworlds to the Imperium Romanum. In this way, historical understanding and digressions concerning geographic knowledge must be viewed as interdependent features of the text. The author thus casts a new light on Ammianus`s literary achievements.
Creative Commons
German
9783110297089 9783110297089 9783110296938
10.1515/9783110297089 doi
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae Roman Empire