Roman Life : Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and in Stone Paperback / softback
by John (King's College (United Kingdom)) Henderson
Part of the Exeter Studies in History series
Paperback / softback
Description
Rutilius Gallicus was chief of police, poet and courtier of the Roman Emperor Domitian.
He is a unique figure in that he can be studied in detail through both text and inscription, thereby fusing literature with history, and linking poetry with epigraphy.
His recovery from a critical illness was celebrated in a sparkling poem by Statius, the poet laureate whose work is currently being read with new interest.
As well as taking the reader on a tour across the city of Rome and the provinces, and through Flavian history and culture, Gallicus is by turns a sternly formal public servant, a delicate amateur poet and speaker, a workaholic chasing an early grave, the darling of his people, the strong-man of his tyrant Emperor, the miraculously resurrected patient of Apollo and a soldier-hero of the empire.
How long could his luck last?
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:01/04/1998
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- ISBN:9780859895651
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:01/04/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780859895651
