Auteur: Blockley, Roger C.
Titre: Ammianus and Cicero on truth in historiography
Revue/Collection: "The Ancient History Bulletin", 15, 1-2
Lieu èdition: Calgary
Annèe edition: 2001
Pages: 14-24
Mots-clès: Histoire - Storia - History, Philologie - Filologia - Philology, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: [L'Année philologique] [Comment] Examination of Ammianus' methodological notes against the background of Cicero's De orat. 2, 63, concerning the foundations of history and its laws, suggests that both authors had a conception of historical truth that was grounded in objective fact and was not weakened by any consideration of impartiality. The conception of « ueritas » had, however, two distinct applications : first, to the category of true facts, and, second, to the selection, presentation and interpretation of these facts. Nothing in the « De oratore » or in Ammianus licenses the view that ancient writers, listeners, and readers of history accepted that historiography of its nature admitted large-scale fabrications.
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Sigle auteur: Blockley 2001
Titre: Ammianus and Cicero on truth in historiography
Revue/Collection: "The Ancient History Bulletin", 15, 1-2
Lieu èdition: Calgary
Annèe edition: 2001
Pages: 14-24
Mots-clès: Histoire - Storia - History, Philologie - Filologia - Philology, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: [L'Année philologique] [Comment] Examination of Ammianus' methodological notes against the background of Cicero's De orat. 2, 63, concerning the foundations of history and its laws, suggests that both authors had a conception of historical truth that was grounded in objective fact and was not weakened by any consideration of impartiality. The conception of « ueritas » had, however, two distinct applications : first, to the category of true facts, and, second, to the selection, presentation and interpretation of these facts. Nothing in the « De oratore » or in Ammianus licenses the view that ancient writers, listeners, and readers of history accepted that historiography of its nature admitted large-scale fabrications.
Oeuvres:
Sigle auteur: Blockley 2001
