{"product_id":"tacitus-the-epic-successor-virgil-lucan-and-the-narrative-of-civil-war-in-the-histories-9789004229044","title":"Tacitus the Epic Successor: Virgil, Lucan, and the Narrative of Civil War in the Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Timothy Joseph\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient and Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllusions to the epic poets Virgil and Lucan in the writing of the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55 - c. 120 C.E.) have long been noted. This monograph argues that Tacitus fashions himself as a rivaling literary successor to these poets; and that the emulative allusions to Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e and Lucan's \u003ci\u003eBellum Civile\u003c\/i\u003e in Books 1-3 of his inaugural historiographical work, the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e, complement and build upon each other, and contribute significantly to the picture of repetitive, escalating civil war in the work. The argument is founded on the close reading of a series of related passages in the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e, and it also broadens to consider certain narrative techniques and strategies that Tacitus shares with writers of epic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47573861826711,"sku":"9789004229044","price":17452.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004229044.webp?v=1774893984","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tacitus-the-epic-successor-virgil-lucan-and-the-narrative-of-civil-war-in-the-histories-9789004229044","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}