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This book explores the way in which three ancient historians, writing in Latin, embedded the gods into their accounts of the past. Although previous scholarship has generally portrayed these writers as somewhat dismissive of traditional Roman religion, it is argued here that Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus saw themselves as being very close to the centre of those traditions. The gods are presented as a potent historical force, and a close reading of the historians' texts easily bears out this conclusion. Their treatment of the gods is not limited to portraying the role and power of the divine in the unfolding of the past: equally prominent is the negotiation with the reader concerning what constituted a 'proper' religious system. Priests and other religious experts function as an index of the decline (or restoration) of Rome and each writer formulates a sophisticated position on the practical and social aspects of Roman religion.

Livy --- Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Tacitus, Cornelius --- Ammianus Marcellinus --- Rome --- Religion --- Dieux romains --- Ammianus Marcellinus. --- Livy. --- Religion. --- Gods, Roman --- Historiography --- Historiographie --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Livy - Ab urbe condita --- Tacitus, Cornelius. - Annales --- Tacitus, Cornelius - Historiae --- Ammianus Marcellinus - Rerum gestarum libri --- Rome - Religion

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Tacitus, Publius Cornelius --- Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Rome --- History --- Histoire --- Tacitus, Cornelius --- Tacite, --- Tacito --- Tacito, Caio Cornelio --- Tacitus, C. Cornelius --- Tacitus, Caius Cornelius --- Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius --- Tacitus, P. Cornelius --- Tat︠s︡it, Korneliĭ --- Taxituo --- טאקיטוס, קורנליוס --- -Tacitus, Cornelius. --- -Tacitus, Cornelius --- Tacite --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- -Tacitus, Publius Cornelius --- Tacitus, Cornelius - Historiae - Liber 1-2 --- Rome - History - Civil War, 68-69

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Allusions to the epic poets Virgil and Lucan in the writing of the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55 - c. 120 C.E.) have long been noted. This monograph argues that Tacitus fashions himself as a rivaling literary successor to these poets; and that the emulative allusions to Virgil's 'Aeneid' and Lucan's 'Bellum Civile' in Books 1-3 of his inaugural historiographical work, the 'Histories', complement and build upon each other, and contribute significantly to the picture of repetitive, escalating civil war in the work. The argument is founded on the close reading of a series of related passages in the 'Histories', and it also broadens to consider certain narrative techniques and strategies that Tacitus shares with writers of epic.

History in literature --- Histoire dans la littérature --- Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Virgil. --- Lucan, --- Rome --- Historiography. --- Historiographie --- Virgil --- Historiography --- Histoire dans la littérature --- Tacitus, Cornelius --- Vergil --- Virgile --- Virgilio Máron, Publio --- Virgilius Maro, Publius --- Vergili Maronis, Publius --- Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus, --- Lukan, Mark Anneĭ, --- Lucain, --- Lucano, Marco Anneo, --- Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus --- Vergilius Maro, Publius --- Virgilius Maro, Publius, --- Virgilio Marone, P., --- Vergilīĭ, --- Virgile, --- Vergílio, --- Wergiliusz, --- Vergilīĭ Maron, P. --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ, --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P., --- Vergil, --- Virgilio, --- Virgilīĭ, --- Virgilius Maro, P., --- Virgil Maro, P., --- ווירגיל, --- וירגיליוס, --- ורגיליוס, --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס, --- فرجيل, --- Pseudo-Virgil, --- Pseudo Virgilio, --- Virgilio Marón, Publio, --- Bhārjila, --- Vergilius Maro, P. --- Vergilius --- Virgilio Marone, P. --- Vergilīĭ --- Vergílio --- Wergiliusz --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P. --- Virgilio --- Virgilius Maro, P. --- Virgil Maro, P. --- Pseudo-Virgil --- Pseudo Virgilio --- Virgilio Marón, Publio --- Bhārjila --- Marone, Publio Virgilio --- Tacitus, Cornelius. - Annales --- Lucan, - 39-65 --- Tacitus, Cornelius. - Historiae. --- Rome - Historiography --- Lucan --- Lucano, Marco Antonio --- Lucain --- Lucano