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Uncertainty is a fundamental part of the human condition. Experiences thwart expectations, and the world is in constant need of interpretation, evaluation and disambiguation. When writing about the past, historians can approach this uncertainty in different ways and either eliminate it from their history or enact it. This book examines the dynamics between historiography and uncertainty in the works of Livy and Velleius Paterculus. Combining close readings and theoretical reflection, it develops a distinct concept of temporal and hermeneutic uncertainty and builds on this concept to shed new light on the narrative composition of their histories. It has been argued that narrative is an essential part of human life and civilization. While engaging with recent approaches to the theory of narrative, Uncertainty in Livy and Velleius explores historiographical narrative as a mode of grappling with uncertainty. Unsicherheit ist Teil der conditio humana. Erfahrungen durchkreuzen Erwartungen, und die Lebenswelt verlangt nach Interpretation, Einordnung und der Auflösung von Mehrdeutigkeiten. Historiker können diese Unsicherheit in ihren Geschichtsbildern entweder abbilden oder eliminieren. Dieses Buch untersucht das Verhältnis zwischen Geschichtsschreibung und Unsicherheit in den Werken der römischen Historiker Livius und Velleius Paterculus. Methodisch kombiniert es literaturwissenschaftliche Analysen und theoretische Reflexion, um ein klar umrissenes Konzept von Unsicherheit zu entwickeln, das zwischen einer zeitlichen und einer hermeneutischen Dimension unterscheidet. Mit Hilfe dieses Konzepts können bisher vernachlässigte Aspekte der narrativen Form der beiden Geschichtswerke in den Blick genommen werden. Das Erzählen gilt als essentieller Teil menschlichen Zusammenlebens. In Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Debatten zur Erzähltheorie versteht Uncertainty in Livy and Velleius historiographisches Erzählen als eine Auseinandersetzung mit Unsicherheit.

History --- Literature (General) --- historiography --- classical philology --- temporal uncertainty --- hermeneutic uncertainty --- narrative composition --- Livy --- Velleius

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Public spectacle-from the morning rituals of the Roman noble to triumphs and the shows of the Arena-formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. The historian Livy (c. 60 B.C.E.-17 C.E.), who provides our fullest description of Rome's early history, presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as something to be seen-a visual monument and public spectacle. Through analysis of several episodes in Livy's History, Andrew Feldherr demonstrates the ways in which Livy uses specific visual imagery to make the reader not only an observer of certain key events in Roman history but also a participant in those events. This innovative study incorporates recent literary and cultural theory with detailed historical analysis to put an ancient text into dialogue with contemporary discussions of visual culture.In Spectacle and Society in Livy's History, Feldherr shows how Livy uses the literary representation of spectacles from the Roman past to construct a new sense of civic identity among his readers. He offers a new way of understanding how Livy's technique addressed the political and cultural needs of Roman citizens in Livy's day. In addition to renewing our understanding of Livy through modern scholarship, Feldherr provides a new assessment of the historian's aims and methods by asking what it means for the historian to make readers spectators of history.

Italy --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Livy --- Rome --- History --- Historiography --- Amusements --- Spectacles et divertissements --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Livy. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- History. --- Historiography. --- Histoire --- Historiographie --- Criticism and interpretation --- Livius Patavinus, Titus --- Livius --- Tite-Live --- Livio --- Titus Livius --- Livius, Titus --- Livius, T. --- Livyus, Titus --- Liviĭ, Tit --- Liwiusz, Tytus --- Livio, Tito --- ליוויוס, טיטוס --- Livy - Ab urbe condita --- Rome - History --- Rome - Historiography

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The bonds among republican citizens are created, in part, through the stories told and retold as the foundational myths of the republic. In this book, Melissa Matthes takes advantage of the way in which republican theorists in different eras-Livy, Machiavelli, and Rousseau-retell the story of the rape of Lucretia to support their own conceptions of republicanism.The recurring presentation of this story as theater by these different theorists reveals not only the performative elements of republicanism but, as Matthes argues, adds to Hannah Arendt's emphasis on the oral dimensions of speech and hearing the important idea of public space as a visual field. Lucretia's story also helps illuminate the gendering of republicanism, particularly the aspects of violence and subordination that lie at its very origin. By focusing attention on this underlying and deeply gendered quality of republics, Matthes brings republican theory into fruitful dialogue with feminism.

Feminist theory --- Republicanism. --- Théorie féministe --- Républicanisme --- Political aspects. --- Aspect politique --- Lucretia --- Livy. --- Livy --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, --- In literature. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Republicanism --- Republics --- Political aspects --- In literature --- Théorie féministe --- Républicanisme --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Feminist theory - Political aspects --- Lucretia - In literature --- Lucretia.

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Die Corvinuserzählung, die wir bei Gellius finden, ist in der Forschung lange disputiert worden. H. Peter (1870) hatte sich entschlossen, sie unter die Fragmente des Claudius Quadrigarius aufzunehmen, wegen der Nachbarschaft zur Torquatuserzählung. Mcdonald (1975) vergleicht die bei Gellius gegebene Erzählung mit der livianischen (VII 26f) und betrachtet sie dabei als repräsentativ für die Vorlagen des Livius. Die Gleichheit des Gegenstandes verhilft uns dazu, den Unterschied, der sich in verschiedener Sprache anzeigt, im Dargestellten bestätigt zu finden. Als eine Vergleichung, die dem Wesen

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Cette étude explore dans une perspective comparative la présentation historique et l’interprétation philosophique de la décadence de la res publica chez Salluste et Tite‑Live. Dans la première partie, il est montré que Salluste et Tite-Live sont les premiers auteurs à avoir choisi comme thème central de leur récit le progrès et la décadence d’une cité. À travers un examen précis des étapes de la décadence chez les deux auteurs, il est remarqué que Tite‑Live apporte constamment des corrections à la théorie de Salluste. Le schéma d’aucun des deux historiens ne se conforme à une vision cyclique ou linéaire du temps. La représentation biologique de la cité montre aussi que les hommes sont les seuls responsables pour la maladie de la décadence. Or, la reprise du progrès, selon une conception cyclique et la guérison du corps de l’État sont évoquées comme perspectives seulement par Tite-Live. La deuxième partie est consacrée aux causes de la maladie de la décadence, et la troisième à la guérison de la res publica. Trois facteurs sont examinés en détail : les facteurs « divins », le metus hostilis et la nature humaine. Tite-Live renverse l’analyse de plus en plus pessimiste de Salluste, et réintroduit l’homme en tant que facteur principal de l’histoire et comme responsable de la décadence. Dans la troisième partie, leur vision différente de l’avenir de Rome est mise en lumière, à travers l’étude de la position politique et de la fonction exemplaire de l’œuvre des deux historiens. Il en ressort que Tite-Live adopte les catégories sallustéennes d’analyse, mais conçoit sa propre présentation et interprétation de la décadence en réponse à son devancier, dont il renverse les théories.

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