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Virgil's Ascanius
Ascanius is the most prominent child hero in Virgil's Aeneid. He accompanies his father from Troy to Italy and is present from the first book of the epic to the last; he is destined to found the city of Alba Longa and the Julian family to which Caesar and Augustus both belonged; and he hunts, fights, makes speeches, and even makes a joke. In this first book-length study of Virgil's Ascanius, Anne Rogerson demonstrates the importance of this character not just to the Augustan family tree but to the texture and the meaning of the Aeneid. As a figure of prophecy and a symbol both of hopes for the future and of present uncertainties, Ascanius is a fusion of epic and dynastic desires. Compelling close readings of the representation and reception of this understudied character throughout the Aeneid expose the unexpectedly childish qualities of Virgil's heroic epic.
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Tigellinus
Gaius Ofonius Tigellinus, Sprössling eines sizilianischen Vaters, Verbannter, Pferdezüchter, politischer Emporkömmling und seit 62 n. Chr. Gardepräfekt unter Kaiser Nero (54-68 n. Chr.), gilt nach Sueton und Tacitus als der Inbegriff eines verkommenen und bösartigen Machtmenschen, der über Jahre hinweg als enger Freund, erster Berater und willfähriger Handlanger, unheiligen Einfluss auf Nero und dessen Entscheidungen ausübte. So gelegen ist sein Name untrennbar mit den zahlreichen blutigen Ereignissen der neronischen Epoche verbunden. Der Autor stellt Ofonius Tigellinus in den Mittelpunkt der Abhandlung und lässt anhand der überlieferten Quellen seine Lebensgeschichte und sein Wirken lebendig werden. Dabei spannt sich der erzählerische Bogen über sechs römische «Imperatores Romani», von Tiberius bis zu seinem unrühmlichen Ende unter Kaiser Otho.
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De Re Militari of Vegetius
Vegetius' late Roman text became a well-known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in the text from the Carolingian world to the late Middle Ages, suggesting how the written word may have influenced the development of military practice in that period. While emphasising that success depended on a commander's ability to outwit the enemy with a carefully selected, well-trained and disciplined army, the De Re Militari inspired other unexpected developments, such as that of the 'national' army, and helped create a context in which the role of the soldier assumed greater social and political importance. Allmand explores the significance of the text and the changes it brought for those who accepted the implications of its central messages.
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