Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio ... - Adam M. Kemezis - Google Books Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More » Sign in Books Try the new Google Books Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features Try it now No thanks Try the new Google Books Try the new Google Books My library Help Advanced Book Search View eBook Get this book in print Cambridge University Press Amazon.com Barnes&Noble.com Books-A-Million IndieBound All sellers » Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian Adam M. Kemezis Cambridge University Press, Oct 23, 2014 - History - 340 pages 0 Reviews The political instability of the Severan Period (AD 193-235) destroyed the High Imperial consensus about the Roman past and caused both rulers and subjects constantly to re-imagine and re-narrate both recent events and the larger shape of Greco-Roman history and cultural identity. This book examines the narratives put out by the new dynasty, and how the literary elite responded with divergent visions of their own. It focuses on four long Greek narrative texts from the period (by Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian), each of which constructs its own version of the empire, each defined by different Greek and Roman elements and each differently affected by dynastic change, especially that from Antonine to Severan. Innovative theories of narrative are used to produce new readings of these works that bring political, literary and cultural perspectives together in a unified presentation of the Severan era as a distinctive historical moment.   Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Selected pages Title Page Table of Contents Index References Contents From Antonine to Severan 30 the last annalist 90 Hellenic perfection on an imperial stage 150 Hellas Antonine Golden Age 196 a dysfunctional Rome 227 from Severan to thirdcentury 273 The dates and addressees of PhilostratusApollonius and Sophists 294 Bibliography 309 Index 335 Copyright Other editions - View all Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio ... Adam M. Kemezis Limited preview - 2014 Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio ... Adam M. Kemezis No preview available - 2020 Common terms and phrases activities Aeschines Albinus Alexander Alexander’s Antonine Apollonius Appian argues argument army Athens audience Augustus Book Caesar Caracalla career Cassius Dio century chapter characters claims Commodus contemporary context continuity contrast death defining describe Dio’s discourse Domitian dynasteia dynastic earlier Elagabalus elite emperor empire evidence explicit explicitly figure Flinterman gives Gordian Gordian III Greek culture Hadrian Hellenic Herodes Herodian Hidber historians historiography identity imperial Kemezis later literary Lucian Macrinus Maecenas Marcus Maximinus military monarchical narrative world narrator Nero notably Octavian one’s overall Pannonian Parthian past period Pertinax Philiscus philosophical Philostratus Polemo political Pompey Pompey’s portrayed positive Praetorians present provincial question readers refer reign relationship Republican rhetorical role Roman Rome rule ruler Second Sophistic Senate senatorial sense Septimius Severus Severan Severan dynasty significant soldiers specific speech story Tacitus tradition Trajan wars Whittaker 1969 Xiph καὶ About the author (2014) Adam M. Kemezis is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta. Bibliographic information Title Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian Greek Culture in the Roman World Author Adam M. Kemezis Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2014 ISBN 1107062721, 9781107062726 Length 340 pages Subjects History  › Ancient  › General History / Ancient / General History / Ancient / Rome Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical     Export Citation BiBTeX EndNote RefMan About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home