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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2014
      23 October 2014
      ISBN:
      9781107477308
      9781107062726
      9781107638761
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107477308
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 354 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 354 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
      Series:
      Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
    Series:
    Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    The political instability of the Severan Period (AD 193–235) destroyed the High Imperial consensus about the Roman past and caused both rulers and subjects constantly to re-imagine and re-narrate both recent events and the larger shape of Greco-Roman history and cultural identity. This book examines the narratives put out by the new dynasty, and how the literary elite responded with divergent visions of their own. It focuses on four long Greek narrative texts from the period (by Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian), each of which constructs its own version of the empire, each defined by different Greek and Roman elements and each differently affected by dynastic change, especially that from Antonine to Severan. Innovative theories of narrative are used to produce new readings of these works that bring political, literary and cultural perspectives together in a unified presentation of the Severan era as a distinctive historical moment.

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    '[A] very readable volume, which is well-produced … based on the successful use of novel approaches and original questions. It will surely be essential reading for students and specialists in Classics and Roman imperial history.'

    Alexander V. Makhlaiuk Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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