La storiografia latina alle soglie del Medioevo
Between the end of the fourth and the beginnings of the fifth century A.D. there are two towering figures of the Latin literature: Ammianus Marcellinus and Paulus Orosius. The former is the last author of a great Classic historiography and the latter is the first historian of a Christian historiogra...
| Subtitles: | The Latin historiography on the threshold of the Middle Ages |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Morcelliana
2015
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| In: |
Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2015, Volume: 81, Issue: 2, Pages: 363-377 |
| Further subjects: | B
late Antiquity
B Middle Ages B storiografia universale B early Middle Ages B Letteratura latina B Marcellinus, Ammianus, ca. 325-391 B Latin literature; History & criticism B tardo antico B alto medioevo B Christian historiography B Battle of Adrianople, Turkey, 378 B Latin literature B Orosius, Paulus, ca. 380-ca. 420 B universal historiography |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Between the end of the fourth and the beginnings of the fifth century A.D. there are two towering figures of the Latin literature: Ammianus Marcellinus and Paulus Orosius. The former is the last author of a great Classic historiography and the latter is the first historian of a Christian historiography. They both started writing their works driven by the emotional and political impact exerted by two very negative events for the Later Roman Empire: the defeat at the Battle of Adrianople in 378, and the sack of Rome in 410. Even if from very different perspectives, both Ammianus and Orosiosus attempted to demonstrate the centrality of Rome and the perennial vitality of its Empire. This lecture examines the legacy of the Latin and Greek historiography in Ammianus' methodological statements and the new Christian ideology in Orosius' historical framework. Finally, the attention is focused on the transition to national histories, centered at first on Roman identity and later on Barbarian identities, as attested by the writings of Symmachus, Cassiodorus, and Jordanes. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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