Ammianus’ Julian. Narrative and genre in the Res Gestae 1st Edition Ross 0191087866 9780191087868

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• ISBN 10: 0191087866
• ISBN 13: 9780191087868
• Author: Ross

Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae holds a prominent position in modern studies of the emperor Julian as the fullest extant narrative of the reign of the last ‘pagan’ emperor. Ammianus’ Julian: Narrative and Genre in the Res Gestae offers a major reinterpretation of the work, which is one of the main narrative sources for the political history of the later Roman Empire, and argues for a re-examination of Ammianus’ agenda and methods in narrating the reign of Julian. Building on recent developments in the application of literary approaches and critical theories to historical texts, Ammianus’ presentation of Julian is evaluated by considering the Res Gestae within three interrelated contexts: as a work of Latin historiography, which consciously sets itself within a classical and classicizing generic tradition; in a more immediate literary and political context, as the final contribution by a member of an ‘eyewitness’ generation to a quarter century of intense debate over Julian’s legacy by several authors who had lived through his reign and had been in varying degrees of proximity to Julian himself; and as a narrative text, in which narratorial authority is closely associated with the persona of the narrator, both as an external narrating agent and an occasional participant in the events he relates.

Table of contents:

1. In Search of a Latin Julian

2. The Narrator and the Participant: Gallus and Silvanus in Preparation for Julian

3. Julian’s Elevation: Tradition and Innovation in Speech and Narrative

4. Strasbourg: Legitimizing Julian

5. Narrating Failure: Julian and Ammianus in Persia

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