Abstract
This chapter discusses the relation between the collection of PanLat XII and the Historia Augusta, both products of the late fourth c. AD with many traits in common: the result of gathering of imperial speeches, and imperial biography, with a tendancy to elevate the glorious past and present of the empire. Also the author of the HA makes use of panegyrical strategies, not only in embedded speeches, but also in the description of the emperor. The structure of the HA is striking when considered in the light of the PanLat collection: the HA, with biographies from Hadrian up to Diocletian, precisely fill the historical gap between the panegyrical speeches addressed to Trajan (Pliny) and the Tetrarchic emperors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 289-312 |
| Journal | Arethusa |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- panegyric
- latin literature
- Roman history
- Classical antiquity