Autore: Toher, Mark
Titolo: Octavian’s arrival in Rome, 44 B.C.
Rivista/Miscellanea: "The Classical Quarterly", NS 54, 1
Luogo edizione: Cambridge
Editore: Cambridge University Press
Anno edizione: 2004
Pagine: 174-184
Parole chiave: Histoire - Storia - History, Politique - Politica - Politics, Prosopographie - Prosopografia - Prosopography
Descrizione: [APh] [Comment] The historiographical tradition preserved in Nicolaus of Damascus, FGrHist. 90 F 130 ; Velleius 2, 59 ; Appian 3, 28 ; Dio 45, 5 ; and elsewhere knows nothing of Octavian's residence in Puteoli during April and May, 44 B.C. Only Cicero's correspondence preserves this information (Att. 14, 5, 3 ; 14, 6, 1 ; 14, 10, 3). The reason for its absence in the historians is not difficult to discern : Any historian of the earliest days of Octavian's career must have depended on his « res gestae ». The retreat to Campania fitted awkwardly with the autobiography's portrait of a courageous but inexperienced heir. The evidence suggests an impetuous youth who trusted to rash decision and so encountered embarrassment.
Opere:
Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3556291
Sigla autore: Toher 2004
Titolo: Octavian’s arrival in Rome, 44 B.C.
Rivista/Miscellanea: "The Classical Quarterly", NS 54, 1
Luogo edizione: Cambridge
Editore: Cambridge University Press
Anno edizione: 2004
Pagine: 174-184
Parole chiave: Histoire - Storia - History, Politique - Politica - Politics, Prosopographie - Prosopografia - Prosopography
Descrizione: [APh] [Comment] The historiographical tradition preserved in Nicolaus of Damascus, FGrHist. 90 F 130 ; Velleius 2, 59 ; Appian 3, 28 ; Dio 45, 5 ; and elsewhere knows nothing of Octavian's residence in Puteoli during April and May, 44 B.C. Only Cicero's correspondence preserves this information (Att. 14, 5, 3 ; 14, 6, 1 ; 14, 10, 3). The reason for its absence in the historians is not difficult to discern : Any historian of the earliest days of Octavian's career must have depended on his « res gestae ». The retreat to Campania fitted awkwardly with the autobiography's portrait of a courageous but inexperienced heir. The evidence suggests an impetuous youth who trusted to rash decision and so encountered embarrassment.
Opere:
Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3556291
Sigla autore: Toher 2004
