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Herodian's world : empire and emperors in the III century
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ISBN: 9789004500235 9789004500457 9004500235 9004500456 Year: 2022 Publisher: Leiden: Brill,

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"The History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus of Herodian in eight books, written in Greek, is a key source for the period from the reign of Commodus (AD 180) to that of Gordian III (238). Herodian is an eyewitness and the only contemporary historian whose work has come down to us in full. His point of view is all the more valuable because he is an outsider with respect to both court historiography, whose flattery he stigmatized, and to senatorial historians, represented mainly by Cassius Dio and by the biographies in the Historia Augusta. Nonetheless, Herodian has often been harshly criticized as a historian. This volume aims to shed light on the different areas and themes in which his historical work moves - literary technique, political lexicon, religious conception, geographical space, economic, political, cultural and military themes - to better understand the relevance of his historiographical approach and his historical thought"--


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Erodiano : tra crisi e trasformazione
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ISBN: 9788834334119 8834334116 Year: 2017 Volume: 15 Publisher: Milano: Vita e pensiero,

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La "Storia dell'Impero dopo Marco" di Erodiano è l'unica opera storiografica relativa agli eventi del III secolo d.C. che ci è giunta integralmente ma non ha ancora ricevuto adeguate attenzioni, poiché il suo autore è stato ritenuto in passato uno storico di scarso valore. Erodiano appare invece uno storico dotato di una spiccata autonomia di giudizio che offre chiavi interpretative originali sulla storia che va dalla morte di Marco Aruelio (180 d.C.) all'avvento di Gordiano III (238 d.C.) e coglie molto bene i sintomi di una crisi già in atto, che appare ai suoi occhi senza sbocchi e senza rimedio.

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