By Rachel Feig Vishina Abstract: Vishnia provides an account of the apparently contradictory evidence in literature from both the Republican and Imperial periods and then tries to divine who the lixae were. Ultimately,…
By Barbara Weiden Boyd Article in Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-), vol. 117, 1987, pp. 183–201. View on JSTOR
By C.S. Kraus and A.J. Woodman Abstract: In recent decades there has been a complete revolution in the way we read the historians of Greece and Rome. Their works have been shown to be quite different in nature from…
By Joy Connolly Abstract: In his 1864 book La Cité antique, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges warned against glorifying ancient narratives of civil government in the fashion of revolutionaries like Robespierre and…
By Jennifer Gerrish Abstract: Through the figure of Scylla, Sallust evokes Sextus Pompeius as part of his critique of contemporary politics. Although the Histories narrate the years following Sulla’s death, they are an…
By Lydia Langerwerf Abstract: Known to us only through the spectrum of hostile sources, Lucius Sergius Catilina (108-62 BC) is an enigma. Nevertheless, one aspect of his personality seems clear. However much they…