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Who’S Anti-Roman? Sallust And Pompeius Trogus On Mithridates, Eric Adler
Who’S Anti-Roman? Sallust And Pompeius Trogus On Mithridates, Eric Adler
Classics Faculty Publications
Contemporary scholars of Roman imperialism have discussed the Ways in which ancient historians denigrate non-Romans and thereby present intellectual justifications for Roman conquest. This paper offers a case study that questions this position's validity: an examination of Sallust's Epistula Mithridatis (Hist. 4.69M) and Pompeius Trogus' speech of Mithridates (Justin 38.4-7). I argue that Sallust offers a more powerful attack on Roman foreign policy than does Trogus, whom many scholars have deemed "anti-Roman," and conclude that Roman historians are capable of using speeches of foreigners to engage in Roman self-criticism.
(Review) Globalizing Roman Culture: Unity, Diversity And Empire, Eric Adler
(Review) Globalizing Roman Culture: Unity, Diversity And Empire, Eric Adler
Classics Faculty Publications
Reviews Richard Hingley's book entitled Globalizing Roman Culture: Unity, Diversity and Empire. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. xiii, 208. ISBN 0-415-35176-6. $29.95.